A2Z List of Knot Page 9

Rope Care/Cleaning: Cleaning, washing, and care of ropes - particularly those used for climbing.

Marlinspike Hitch: The Marlinspike Hitch employs a stick or a spike to make a knot in a rope .

Grog Sling: The Grog Sling creates a loop using hollow braided rope. It employs a Brummel Splice and obviates the need for stitching.

Round Lashing: A Round Lashing is used to bind adjacent poles together.

Round Turn and Two Half Hitches: An excellent knot for securing a rope to a post or ring. The initial turns take the load, e.g., of a mooring line during docking. While one hand holds the strain, the knot is then tied with the other.

Running Bowline: The Running Bowline is identical to a normal bowline but is tied around the standing end so that it can slide, e.g., up to a tree branch.

Rolling (Taut Line) Hitch: The Rolling Hitch secures a rope to another parallel rope. It is one of the few knots which can be tied and untied while there is a load and can be adjusted without it being untied. It can take the load while a rope is transferred or secured elsewhere.

The Bowline: The Bowline makes a secure loop in the end of a piece of rope. It can be used to secure a line to a ring or post. When there is no strain it can easily be undone.

Sailmaker's Whipping: The Sailmaker's Whipping is the standard against which other whippings are compared: elegant and secure, the binding turns encircle the whipping to prevent the strands from unwinding if damaged.

Common Whipping: This simple whipping technique can be done quickly. During the whipping a loop is incorporated which is used to pull the final turn into the whipping.

San Diego Jam Knot: The San Diego Jam Knot (or Reverse Clinch Knot) is popular with long range fisherman as an excellent, strong method of tying a lure to fishing line.

Poacher's Knot: The Poacher's Knot makes a very secure loop in the end of a piece of rope and is useful with modern high modulus ropes.

Shear Lashing: A Shear Lashing is used to hold two poles together at one end so that the other ends can be spread apart to act as shear legs.

Sheepshank: The Sheepshank is a knot which can be used to shorten a length of rope. It is not reliable when tied in some modern ropes and is only included here as Scouts are still sometimes expected to learn how to tie it.

Sheet Bend (Becket Bend): The Sheet Bend joins two ropes of unequal size but also works well if the ropes are of the same size. It has to be tied with both ends loose in your hands with no load on the ropes.

Pratt or Shelby Necktie: One of the simpler ties but starts with tie inside out. It makes an excellent symmetrical knot.

Shoelace: The Standard Shoelace Bow is the method used most commonly to secure shoes with laces. It is based on the Square (Reef) knot but the second Half Hitch is tied using two loops to form the bow.

Shoelace (Fieggen): The Fieggen Shoelace Bow creates a conventional bow by an ingenious and simple method. After the first Half Hitch, two loops are formed and passed into each other in one quick movement.

Surgeon's Shoelace: The Surgeon's Shoelace Bow is based on the standard bow but is more secure due to an additional wrap for both parts of the bow.

Short Splice: The Short Splice makes a secure join between two pieces of three strand rope.

Siberian (Evenk) Hitch: The Siberian, or Evenk, Hitch is a slipped hitch suitable for tying in cold conditions when wearing gloves.

Four Strand Sinnet #2974: Four Strand Sinnet #2974 provides an unusual decorative sinnet.

Chain Sinnet, Chain Stitch or Monkey Braid: The Chain sinnet converts a cord into a braid that has the appearance of a chain. It is used by climbers to store rope free of tangles, as a decoration, and to shorten and add bulk to a cord, e.g., for the end of a light pull.

Crown Sinnet: The Crown Sinnet is a family of knots all made using a series of Crown knots to create a thick decorative braid.

Sliding Double Fisherman's: The Sliding Double Fisherman's makes a type of Prusik Loop comprising two adjustable loops.

Sliding Splice by Grog: The Sliding Splice makes an adjustable splice suitable for making a yachtsman's belt. It is made by raising loops in alternate strands in a three stranded rope.

Slim Beauty: The Slim Beauty provides a strong connection between lines of different sizes and materials, e.g., between a fishing line and a large leader.

Slip Knot: The Slip Knot provides a temporary loop in the end of a rope - which loosens when pulled. This page also provides a link to the Noose to help compare these two similar knots.

Snell: The Snell Knot ties a leader, or tippet, directly to a baited hook. It was originally developed for use with hooks that had no eyes, but it is still widely used today.

Soft Shackle: The Soft Shackle employs hollow braided rope to create a strong, light alternative to the standard metal shackle.