s/y Nine of Cups Knots |
Trivia: On a boat, you never refer to tying a knot…the correct terminology is “making fast”. |
A rope becomes a line when it is cut. |
Ashley's Book of Knots is really an encyclopedia with over 3,900 knots and over 7,000 drawings and illustrations. There are all the practical knots, but there are some for tricks and puzzles, some for setting up circus tents, some for fly-tying and even one for attaching a saddle to your camel! |
Bowline in a bight for adding a loop to the middle of a line. |
Constrictor knot for temporary seizing or whipping |
Butterfly knot like a bowline in a bight, it is used for adding a loop in the middle of a line. |
Ashley bend for joining two similarly sized lines together |
Double sheet bend for joining two different sized lines together |
Rolling hitch for attaching one line to another loaded line. |
Turk's head a decorative knot |
While first thinking about knots, it’s hard to comprehend how there could be so many. But just think of all the knots you're already familiar with already from Granny knots to tying shoelaces, to bowties to a hangman’s noose, to surgeon’s stitches. |