User:John Cross/knots

Copied from Wikipedia 'List of knots'

A

• adjustable bend - can be easily lengthened or shortened
• adjustable grip hitch - a simple hitch which may easily be shifted up and down the rope while slack
• adjustable hitch (taut-line hitch) - adjustable loop knot for use on lines under tension
• adjustable loop (slip knot) - attach a line to an object and tighten when tension is applied to the free end of the line
• Albright knot (Albright special) - used to tie two different diameters of line together, for instance to tie monofilament to braid
• Albright special - used to tie two different diameters of line together, for instance to tie monofilament to braid
• Alpine butterfly knot (Butterfly loop) - forms a fixed loop in the middle of a rope
• Alpine coil (mountaineer's coil) - method used by climbers for carrying a rope
• alternate ring hitching - covering a ring in hitching can prevent damage
• anchor bend - attaching a rope to a ring or similar termination
• angler's knot (fisherman's knot) - a knot for joining two lines with a symmetrical structure
• angler's loop - knot which forms a fixed loop. Useful for fine or slippery line, it is one of the few loop knots which holds well in bungee cord.
• arbor knot - attach fishing line to the arbor of a fishing reel
• artillery loop aka manharness knot - a knot with a loop on the bight for non-critical purposes
• Ashley's bend - used to securely join the ends of two ropes together
• Ashley's stopper knot - trefoil-faced stopper at the end of the rope
• axle hitch - used to tie a hitch in a hard-to-reach place

B

• Bachmann knot - friction hitch useful when the knot needs to be reset quickly/often
• bag knot (miller's knot) - binding knot used to secure the opening of a sack or bag
• bait loop (bumper knot) - secures soft or loose bait in fishing
• bale sling hitch - continuous loop of strap to form a cow hitch around an object
• barrel hitch (barrel sling) - suspends an object
• barrel knot (blood knot) - joins sections of monofilament nylon line while maintaining much of the line's inherent strength
• barrel sling (barrel hitch) - suspends an object
• basket weave knot - a family of bend and lanyard knots with a regular pattern
• Becket hitch - any hitch made on an eye loop
• Beer knot - bend used in tubular webbing as in slings used in rock climbing
• Bimini twist - fishing knot used for offshore trolling and sportsfishing
• Blackwall hitch - temporary means of attaching a rope to a hook
• Blake's hitch - friction hitch commonly used by arborists and tree climbers as an ascending knot
• Blood knot (barrel knot) - joins sections of monofilament nylon line while maintaining much of the line's inherent strength
• Blood loop knot (dropper loop) - forms a loop which is off to the side of the line
• boa knot - binding knot
• boom hitch - attach a line to a fixed object like a pipe
• bottle sling (jug sling) - used to create a handle for a container with a narrow tapering neck
• Bourchier knot - a variety of heraldic knot
• Bowen knot (heraldic knot) - not a true knot (an unknot), a continuous loop of rope laid out as an upright square shape with loops at each of the four corners
• bowline - forms a fixed loop at the end of a rope
• Boling knot (archaic term for the Bowline) - forms a fixed loop at the end of a rope
• Bowline on a bight - makes a pair of fixed-size loops in the middle of a rope
• Bumper knot - secures soft or loose bait in fishing
• Bunny ears (double figure-eight loop)
• Buntline hitch - attach a rope to an object
• Butterfly bend - connects two ends of rope
• Butterfly coil - a method for storing and transporting a climbing rope
• Butterfly loop - forms a fixed loop in the middle of a rope

C

• carrick bend - joins two lines of heavy rope or cable
• carrick bend loop - used to make a loop at the end of a rope
• carrick mat - flat woven decorative knot which can be used as a mat or pad
• Cat's paw - connects a rope to an object
• catshank - variant of the sheepshank, clinched by two overhand knots with the bights passed through the twists
• Celtic button knot - a spherical decorative knot
• chain sinnet - method of shortening a rope or other cable
• chain stitch - a sewing and embroidery technique in which a series of looped stitches form a chain-like pattern
• Chair knot (Fireman's chair knot) - knot tied in the bight forming two adjustable, lockable loops
• Chinese button knot - a decorative knot
• cleat hitch
• clove hitch - two successive half-hitches around an object
• common whipping - series of knots intended to stop a rope from unraveling
• constrictor knot - one of the most effective binding knots
• continuous ring hitching (ringbolt hitching) - series of identical hitches made around a ring
• corned beef knot - binding knot often used for binding the meat of the same name while it is being cooked
• cow hitch - hitch knot used to attach a rope to an object
• cow hitch and bowline (bale sling hitch or strap hitch) - uses a continuous loop of strap to form a cow hitch around an object in order to hoist or lower it
• cowboy bowline
• cross constrictor knot - a variant of the Constrictor knot
• cowboy bowline - variation of the bowline loop knot
• crown knot (Wall and crown knot) - a knot made in the strands of the end of a rope - the start of a back splice

D

• diagonal lashing - lashing to bind spars or poles together to prevent racking
• diamond knot (knife lanyard knot) - for forming a decorative loop on the end of a cord
• directional figure eight (inline figure-eight loop) - loop knot that can be made on the bight
• Distel hitch - secure friction hitch used for rope climbing
• Dogshank - variant of the sheepshank where the eyes formed at each end have the ends of the rope passed through
• double anchorman knot - two or more pieces of rope joined together
• double bowline (round turn bowline) - loop knot that uses a round turn
• double carrick bend - join two lines together
• double constrictor knot - binding knot that can be difficult to untie once tightened
• double Englishman's knot (double fisherman's knot) - joins two lengths of rope
• double figure eight bend (Flemish bend) - joins two ropes of roughly similar size
• double figure-eight loop - forms two parallel loops
• double figure eight (stevedore knot) - bulky stopper knot often tied near the end of a rope that is secure-when-slack
• double fisherman's knot (grapevine knot) - joins two lengths of rope
• double loop (surgeon's loop) - for making loops at the end of lines similar to the Surgeon's knot, but with a double strand
• double overhand knot - extension of the regular overhand knot, made with one additional pass
• double overhand noose - hitch knot used to bind a rope to a carabiner
• double pile hitch - attaches a rope to a pole or other structure
• double sheet bend - doubles a sheet bend by making an additional round turn below the first and again bringing the working end back under itself
• double windsor (for use in neckties) - method of tying a necktie around one's neck and collar
• dropper loop - forms a loop which is off to the side of the line
• Dutch marine bowline (cowboy bowline) - variation of the bowline loop knot

E

• Egg loop aka bumper knot - secures soft or loose bait in fishing applications
• Englishman's knot (fisherman's knot) - a bend consisting of two overhand knots, each tied around the standing part of the other
• Eskimo bowline - places a loop in the end of a rope
• European death knot (one-sided overhand bend) - joins two ropes together
• Eye splice - creates a permanent loop in the end of multi stranded rope by means of rope splicing

F

• Falconer's knot - used in falconry to tether a bird of prey to a perch
• Farmer's loop - midline loop knot made with a bight
• Farrimond friction hitch - quick release adjustable friction hitch for use on lines under tension
• Fiador knot - decorative, symmetrical knot used in equine applications
• Figure-eight follow through (Figure-eight loop) - type of knot created by a loop on the bight
• Figure-eight knot aka savoy knot, Flemish knot - type of knot created by a loop on the bight
• Figure-eight loop - type of knot created by a loop on the bight
• Figure-of-nine loop - forms a fixed loop in a rope
• Fireman's chair knot - knot tied in the bight forming two adjustable, lockable loops
• Fisherman's bend (anchor bend) - used for attaching a rope to a ring or similar termination
• Fisherman's knot - knot for joining two lines with a symmetrical structure consisting of two overhand knots, each tied around the standing part of the other
• Flemish bend - knot for joining two ropes of roughly similar size
• Flemish knot aka figure-eight knot, savoy knot - knot for joining two ropes of roughly similar size
• French bowline - variant of the bowline with two loops
• Friendship knot - decorative square knot used to tie a neckerchief and in Chinese knotting
• Friendship knot loop - a knot to tie a loop at the end of a rope

G

• Garda hitch (alpine clutch) climbing knot that lets the rope move in only one direction
• Girth hitch (cow hitch)
• Gordian knot - (mythical knot) an inextricable/complicated knot, tied by King Gordius of Phrygia, that Alexander the Great cut with a sword
• Grantchester knot - a method of tying a necktie
• granny knot - secures a rope or line around an object
• grief knot - (what knot) combines features of granny knot and thief knot
• Gripping Sailor's hitch - used to tie one rope to another, or a rope to a pole, when the pull is lengthwise along the object
• ground-line hitch - attaches a rope to an object

H

• hackamore - type of animal headgear which does not have a bit
• Half blood knot (clinch knot) - for securing a fishing line to a fishing lure, snap or swivel
• Half hitch - simple overhand knot, where the working end of a line is brought over and under the standing part
• Half-Windsor knot - knot used for tying neckties
• Halter hitch - connects a rope to an object
• Halyard bend - a way to attach the end of a rope at right angle to a cylindrical object
• Handcuff knot - tied in the bight, having two adjustable loops in opposing directions
• Hangman's noose (hangman's knot) - well-known knot most often associated with its use in hanging a person
• Harness bend - used to join two ropes together
• Harness hitch (artillery loop) - knot with a loop on the bight for non-critical purposes
• Heaving line bend - used to attach playing strings to the thick silk eyes of the anchorage knot
• Highpoint hitch - used to attach a rope to an object
• Highwayman's hitch - insecure, quick-release, draw loop hitch for trivial use
• hitching tie - simple knot used to tie off drawstring bags that allows quick access
• Honda knot aka lariat loop - loop knot commonly used in a lasso
• Hoxton knot- a method of arranging a scarf about the neck
• Hunter's bend aka rigger's bend - joins two lines

I

• Icicle hitch - excellent for connecting to a post when weight is applied to an end running parallel to the post in a specific direction
• Improved clinch knot - used for securing a fishing line to the fishing lure
• In-line figure-eight loop (directional figure eight) - loop knot that can be made on the bight
• Italian hitch (Munter hitch) - simple knot commonly used by climbers and cavers as part of a life-lining or belay system

J

• Jack Ketch's knot (hangman's knot) - well-known knot most often associated with its use in hanging a person
• jamming knot - for constricting a bundle of objects
• Jug sling aka bottle sling - used to create a handle for a glass or ceramic container with a slippery, narrow, tapering neck
• jury mast knot - for jury rigging a temporary mast on a sailboat or ship

K

• Karash double loop - A knot used to form leg loops as a makeshift harness
• Killick hitch - hitch knot used to attach a rope to oddly shaped objects
• Klemheist knot - friction hitch that grips a rope when weight is applied, and is free to move when the weight is released
• Knot of isis - ancient Egyptian symbol of the goddess Isis; similar to a knot used to secure the garments that the Egyptian gods wore
• Knute hitch

L

• Lariat loop aka honda knot - loop knot commonly used in a lasso
• Lark's foot (Lark's head, cow hitch) used to attach a rope to an object
• Left-hand bowline (cowboy bowline) - variation of the bowline loop knot
• Ligature knot aka surgeon's knot - simple modification to the reef knot that adds an extra twist when tying the first throw
• Lighterman's hitch (tugboat hitch) - ideal for heavy towing, or making fast to a post, bollard, or winch
• Lineman's loop (butterfly loop) - used to form a fixed loop in the middle of a rope
• Lissajous knot - knot defined by parametric equations
• Lobster buoy hitch - similar to the buntline hitch, but made with a cow hitch around the standing part rather than a clove hitch

M

• Magnus hitch (rolling hitch) - used to attach a rope to a rod, pole, or other rope
• manharness knot (artillery loop) - knot with a loop on the bight for non-critical purposes
• Matthew Walker knot - decorative knot that is used to keep the end of a rope from fraying
• Marlinespike hitch - temporary knot used to attach a rod to a rope in order to form a handle
• midshipman's hitch (taut-line hitch) - adjustable loop knot for use on lines under tension
• Miller's knot - binding knot used to secure the opening of a sack or bag
• monkey's fist - looks somewhat like a small bunched fist/paw, most often used as the weight in a heaving line
• Mountaineer's coil - method used by climbers for carrying a rope
• Munter hitch - simple knot commonly used by climbers and cavers as part of a life-lining or belay system

N

• nail knot - used in fly fishing to attach the leader to the fly line
• noose - loop at the end of a rope in which the knot slides to make the loop collapsible

O

• offset figure-eight bend - a poor knot that has been implicated in the deaths of several rock climbers
• one-sided overhand bend - used to join two ropes together
• Ossel hitch - used to attach a rope or line to an object
• overhand bend - used to join two ropes together
• overhand knot aka thumb knot - fundamental knot that forms the basis of many others
• overhand knot with draw-loop - knot in which the weight of the load depresses the loop to keep it in place
• overhand loop - forms a fixed loop in a rope
• overhand noose
• Oysterman's stopper knot (Ashley's stopper knot) - trefoil-faced stopper at the end of the rope

P

• packer's knot - binding knot which is easily pulled taut and quickly locked in position
• Palomar knot - used for securing a fishing line to a fishing lure, snap or swivel
• pile hitch - used for attaching rope to a pole or other structure
• pipe hitch - hitch-type knot used to secure pipes/poles
• Poldo tackle - an instant tension-applying and tension-releasing mechanism in rope
• Pratt knot - a method of tying a tie around one's neck and collar
• Pretzel link knot - in knot theory, a branch of mathematics, a pretzel link is a special kind of link
• Prusik knot - friction hitch or knot used to put a loop of cord around a rope
• Portuguese bowline aka French bowline - variant of the bowline with two loops that are adjustable in size
• Portuguese whipping - a type of whipping knot
• Power cinch (trucker's hitch) - commonly used for securing loads on trucks or trailers

Q

• Quick-release knot (Highwayman's hitch) - insecure, quick-release, draw loop hitch for trivial use

R

• Racking bend - knot for joining two ropes of different diameter
• reef knot - simple binding knot used to secure a rope or line around an object
• Rigger's bend aka hunter's bend - used to join two lines
• rigid double splayed loop in the bight - knot that contains two parallel loops
• ringbolt hitching
• ring bend (water knot) - for joining two ends of webbing together
• Ring hitch (cow hitch) - used to attach a rope to an object
• Ring knot (water knot) - for joining two ends of webbing together
• Rolling hitch - knot used to attach a rope to a rod, pole, or other rope
• Rosendahl bend (Zeppelin bend) - general purpose bend knot unique in the ease with which it is untied, even after heavy loading
• Round lashing
• Round turn and two half-hitches - hitch used to secure the end of a rope to a fixed object
• round turn
• running bowline
• running highwayman's hitch
• running knot (slip knot) - knots which attach a line to an object and tighten when tension is applied to the free end of the line

S

• Sailor's hitch - a secure, jam-proof hitch
• Sailor's knot aka carrick bend - used for joining two lines
• Savoy knot aka figure-eight knot, Flemish knot - decorative, heraldic knot
• Schwabisch knot - friction hitch used for rope climbing
• Shear lashing
• Sheepshank - used to shorten or store rope
• Sheet bend - joins two ropes together
• Shoelace knot - commonly used for tying shoelaces and bow-ties
• Shroud knot - a multi-strand bend knot used to join two ends of laid (or twisted) rope together
• Siberian hitch - used to attach a rope to an object
• Simple knot - (four-in-hand knot) a method of tying a necktie
• Simple Simon under - used for joining two lines
• Single carrick bend - refers to different knots similar to the Carrick bend
• Single hitch - an overhand knot tied around or through an object
• Slip knot - knots which attach a line to an object and tighten when tension is applied; a type of knot designed to bind one end of a rope to the middle of another
• Slipped buntline hitch - used for attaching a rope to an object
• Slippery eight loop - adjustable loop knot
• Slippery hitch - used to attach a line to a rod or bar
• Snell knot - a hitch knot used to attach an eyed fishing hook to fishing line
• Snuggle hitch - a modification of the clove hitch
• Span loop - non-jamming loop that can be tied in the middle of a rope
• Spanish bowline - double loop knot
• Splice - the forming of a semi-permanent joint between two ropes
• Square knot (American usage) or reef knot (British usage) - used to secure a rope or line around an object
• Square lashing - used to bind poles together
• Square Turk's head - decorative knot with a variable number of interwoven strands, forming a closed loop
• Stein knot - variation of the Figure-eight knot
• Stevedore knot - a stopper knot often tied near the end of a rope
• Strangle knot - a simple binding knot
• Strap hitch (bale sling hitch) - uses a continuous loop of strap to form a cow hitch around an object
• Surgeon's knot aka ligature knot - modification to the reef knot
• Surgeon's loop - similar to the Surgeon's knot but with a double strand

T

• tape knot (water knot) - frequently used in climbing for joining two ends of webbing together
• Tarbuck knot - used by climbers and was primarily used with stranded nylon rope
• taut-line hitch - adjustable loop knot for use on lines under tension
• tensionless hitch - an anchor knot used for rappelling or rope rescue.
• tent hitch (taut-line hitch) - adjustable loop knot for use on lines under tension
• thief knot - resembles the reef knot except that the free, or working, ends are on opposite sides
• threefoil knot - another term for a trefoil knot
• thumb knot aka overhand knot - one of the most fundamental knots and forms the basis of many others
• Tiggap knot
• Timber hitch - used to attach a single length of rope to a cylindrical object
• Tom fool's knot - good knot with which to commence a slightly fancy sheepshank
• Transom knot - to secure two linear objects, such as spars, at right angles to each other
• trefoil knot - simplest example of a nontrivial knot in mathematics
• trident loop - fixed loop knot
• Trilene knot - a multi purpose fishing knot
• triple bowline - variation of the bowline knot that is used to create three loops on one knot simultaneously
• triple crown knot - double loop knot
• triple fisherman's knot - a bend knot used to join two ends of rope together
• trucker's hitch - used for securing loads on trucks or trailers
• true lover's knot - a name which has been used for many distinct knots
• tugboat hitch - ideal for heavy towing, or making fast to a post, bollard, or winch
• turle knot - used while fishing for tying a hook or fly to a leader
• Twined Turk's head - decorative knot with a variable number of interwoven strands forming a closed loop
• two half-hitches - an overhand knot tied around a post, followed by a half-hitch
• two strand overhand knot (one-sided overhand bend) - used to join two ropes together

U

• Underhand knot - another name for a trefoil knot
• underwriter's knot
• Uni knot - fishing knot used to attach fishing line to the arbor of a reel

V

• Valdotain tresse - easily adjustable friction hitch used for rope climbing
• Versatackle knot - simulates a block and tackle without actual pulleys or deadeyes
• vibration-proof hitch - used for fastening a line or rope to a solid object

W

• wagoner's hitch - compound knot commonly used for securing loads on trucks or trailers
• Wakos transport knot - used to secure loads to boats and rafts
• wall and crown knot - used at the end of the ropes on either side of a gangway leading onto a ship
• water bowline - type of knot designed for use in wet conditions where other knots may slip or jam
• water knot - frequently used in climbing for joining two ends of webbing together
• waterman's knot - a bend with a symmetrical structure consisting of two overhand knots, each tied around the standing part of the other
• West Country whipping - uses twine to secure the end of a rope to prevent it fraying
• Windsor knot - a method of tying a necktie around one's neck and collar

Y

• Yosemite bowline - a medium security loop knot

Z

• Zeppelin bend - a secure, easily tied, and a jam-proof way to connect two ropes
• Zeppelin loop - (Rosendahl Loop) a secure,