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4th Tyldesley Scout Troop
Covers common scouting knots including the Harvester hitch, Timber hitch, Thumb knot, and Rolling hitch. Step by step illustrations and common uses.
http://www.4thtyldesleyscouts.co.uk/skills/knots/ |
5.10 Climbing Club: Double Butterfly
Explanation, illustrations, and instructions.
http://five.ten.tripod.com/butter.htm |
Animated Knot Tying Software
Downloadable demo.
http://members.aol.com/idfrank/knots.html |
Animated knots
A resource developed by Troop 700 of the BAS for learning how to tie knots.
http://library.thinkquest.org/3599/ |
Baggy's Rope Box
Covers the Angler's loop, the Fisherman's knot, and the Friendship knot. Step by step illustrations and instructions.
http://www.black-panther.org.uk/knots/index.htm |
Beer Knot
Photos and instructions for tying this variant of the water knot.
http://beerknot.20m.com/ |
Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group
Covers climbing and rescue knots including how to make a seat harness from webbing and the bowline-on-a-coil. Photos and instructions.
http://brmrg.med.virginia.edu/knots/knots.html |
Boating Knots
Covers knots for sailing, fishing, and general outdoor usage. Illustrations and common uses.
http://www.netknots.com/ |
Canoehead Canada
Covers surgeon's knot, sheep shank, grass bend, trucker's hitch, rolling hitch, harness loops, and others. Diagrams.
http://www.canoeheadcanada.com/Knots.html |
Climerware
Analysis of the strength loss caused by using a girth hitch. Climbing variations of the girth hitch, the dogvine, the mule knot, and the Figure-8. How to tie a bowline and clove hitch one-handed.
http://www.putzl.com/~klew/knot.shtml |
ETHICON
Principles and procedures for surgical knots. Photos and instructions.
http://www.ethiconinc.com/wound_management/procedure/knot/ |
FisherNet
Covers fishing knots including the Albright knot, the Blood knot, and the Uni knot. Illustrations, instructions, and common uses.
http://www.thefishernet.com/knots.htm |
Fishing Cairns
Covers fishing knots including the Clinch knot, Palomar knot, Scaffold knot, and Blood knot. Illustrations, instructions, and common uses.
http://www.fishingcairns.com.au/page6-1.html |
FishSA.com - Tackle Talk
Covers fishing knots including the Float stop, Spider hitch, Paternoster rig, and Bimini twist. Step by step illustrations and instructions. Common uses.
http://www.fishsa.com/tackle.htm |
Forty Boy Scout Knots
Common scouting knots including the Halyard bend, the Tiller's hitch, the Granny knot, and the Lariat loop. Illustrations and common uses.
http://www.troop7.org/Knots/ |
Get Knotted!
Animated knots.
http://www.mistral.co.uk/42brghtn/knots/ |
Idaho Fly Fishing
Covers the new Pitzen knot, the Double-Surgeon knot, the Blood Knot, the Clinch Knot, and the Nail Knot. Illustrations.
http://www.nicoh.com/mcclmatt/flyfish/Resources/knots2.html |
Index of Knots
Knots as used in the Australian Scouts award scheme.
http://www.scouts.asn.au/knot_idx.html |
Irish Climbing
Covers common climbing knots, including five friction knots for ascending the rope. Illustrations and common uses.
http://www.climbing.ie/knots.html |
Knot Knotes
Trivia, jokes, records, projects, and games. Knot basics. Downloadable fonts.
http://www.dfw.net/~jazzman/knotter/knot.htm |
Knot Knowledge
Covers single loop knots, double loop knots, hitches, friction knots, bends, and stopper knots. Step by step instructions with photos. Definitions of terminology.
http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/ |
Knots on the Web
A collection of knotting resources.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/knotlink.htm |
Learn2 Tie Basic Knots
Covers knot to secure a line, join two lines together, and make a loop. Instructions and animation.
http://www.learn2.com/05/0540/0540.asp |
Marinews Boating
Covers common boating knots including the Cleat wind, Clove hitch, and Wagoner's hitch. Animations and common uses.
http://www.marinews.com/bk_knots.htm |
Marinews Fishing
Includes common fishing knots including the Albright, the Butterfly Dropper, the Centauri, and Dropper loop. Animations, step by step illustrations, and common uses.
http://www.marinews.com/fishing/fk_main.htm |
Naut Bob's
Covers the Clove hitch, Bowline, Reef knot, and Sheet bend. Illustrations.
http://www.ao.net/~nautbob/knots.html |
New Zealand Speleological Society
Covers common caving knots including the Figure 8, Figure 9, Alpine Butterfly, Italian hitch, and Tape knot. Illustrations and common uses.
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~SGlasgow/nzss/knots.htm |
Petzl
Covers useful climbing, caving, and canyoneering knots including autolocking knots and releasable knots. Animations, illustrations, and common uses.
http://www.petzl.com/FRENG/tech/knots.html |
Pike & Zander
Covers fishing knots including the Palomar, the 5 Turn Grinner knot, the 4 Turn Water knot, and the Knotless knot. Illustrations and common uses.
http://www.pikezander.co.uk/knots.htm |
Prusik Rappel "Safety"
Analysis of the safety practice of backing up a rappel with a prusik knot.
http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/Climbing/Hardware/prusik-on-rapp... |
Rackelhanen Flyfishing Magazine
Articles. Step by step illustrations for useful fishing knots. User contributions welcomed.
http://www.algonet.se/~sjostran/English/10017.htm |
Rec.crafts.knots FAQ
Frequently asked questions for the newsgroup, covering resources, recommendations, and links.
http://www.msen.com/~pwmeek/knots/knot-faq.html |
Rescue Dynamics: Knot Diagrams for Introductory Climbing Courses
Covers the ring bend, overhand, fisherman's, figure-8, munter hitch and clove hitch. Also covers emergency harness construction and belay techniques. Diagrams.
http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/resqdyn/articles/knots/Knots.htm |
Rock and Ice: Basic Climbing Knots
Covers the figure-8 follow-through, figure-8 on a bight, clove hitch, overhand and prusik. Illustrations and instructions.
http://www.rockandice.com/index.phtml?section=stories_beginn... |
Rock Sport
Covers common climbing knots including the Alpine Butterfly, the Double Fisherman's, the Italian/Munter hitch and the Tape knot. Step by step photos and common uses.
http://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/usrpages/SPAM/rangers/Rock... |
Rope Rescue
Covers common rescue knots including the Tensionless hitch, Mariner's knot, and Inline Figure 8. Illustrations and appropriate uses.
http://www.rescue70.org/roperes.htm#Knots |
Roper's Knot Pages
Extensive knot instruction pages.
http://www.realknots.com/ |
Ropeworks
A book of knots, hitches, splicing, lashing and rope making.
http://www.northnet.org/ropeworks/index.html |
Ruckus Society
Covers the Fisherman's knot, Bowline, Prusik, Water knot and several hitches. Illustrations and common uses.
http://www.ruckus.org/knots/ |
Sailfree
Common sailing knots, including the Figure 8, Square knot, Sheet bend, Clove hitch, and Bowline. Illustrations, instructions, and common uses.
http://www.sailfree.com/Knots/knots.htm |
Scouting Resources
Covers hitches and lashings. Alphabetical listing with illustrations and common uses. Also includes terminology definitions.
http://www.scoutingresources.org.uk/knots_index.html |
Semaphore
Covers the Figure 8, Fisherman's Bend, Reef knot, and Marling hitch. Illustrations.
http://www.wallaby.co.uk/no-frames/light-relief/Knots/knot.h... |
Shooting Star's Marlinspike Page
Covers common boating knots including the Anchor bend, the Carrick bend, the Buntline hitch, and several variations of the Bowline. Animated illustrations and step-by-step instructions. Table showing the relative strength of the knots.
http://131.230.57.1/knots.htm |
Six Exploding Knots
Covers six knots that untie easily, including the Sliding Butterfly, Double Carrick bend, and Clove Hitch Biting a Bight. Step-by-step illustrations with instructions and a table of properties.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/explode.htm |
Sophia-Antipolis Speleogical Society
Covers common caving knots including the double figure-8 on a bight and the farmer's knot. Illustrations.
http://www-sop.inria.fr/agos-sophia/sis/Techniques/knots.htm... |
Sporting Adventures Kids Knots
Covers the Bowline, the Fisherman's, the Clove hitch, and the Blood knot. Animated with instructions. Requires Shockwave Player.
http://www.spav.com/sa/sakids/coolstuff/knots/default.html |
Tennessee Outdoorsman
Covers common fishing knots including the Arbor knot, the Berkley braid, the King Sling knot and the Nail knot. Step by step illustrations and instructions.
http://www.tnoutdoorsmen.com/knots.htm |
The Knotting Dictionary of Kännet
Covers some common and some uncommon knots, including the Reef knot, Square knot, Sheepshank, Simple Simon Over, Monkey's Fist, and Vice Versa. Illustrations and common uses. What the knot is called in other languages. User-submitted comments.
http://www.korpegard.nu/knot/ |
The Lehigh Group
Covers common marine knots, plus the Hangman's knot, the Scaffold knot, and the Gallows knot. Illustrations and common uses.
http://www.lehighgroup.com/KNOTS.HTM |
The Pitzen Knot
Illustrations and step-by-step instructions.
http://www.agron.missouri.edu/flyfishing/pitzen.html |
The Prusik Knot
Discussion, comments, and tips regarding the use of this knot for both sailing and climbing. History.
http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/prusik_knot.html |
Troop 9
Common scouting knots including the Tautline hitch, the Trucker's hitch, and the Sheet bend. Animations and photos of the finished knots.
http://www.troop9.org/knots/index.html |
University of New England Mountaineering Club
Covers the Alpine Butterfly, Bowline, Clove hitch, and Fisherman's knot. Animation and common uses.
http://www.une.edu.au/~unemc/alpbutt.htm |
Why Knot?
Definitions of terminology. Covers a variety of knots including the Walker, the Cat's Paw, the Blackwall hitch, and the Single Wall knot. Groups related knots together. Illustrations and instructions.
http://2020site.essortment.com/knots/ |
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