Knots

Knots are intertwined loops of rope, cord, string or other flexible material used to fasten two such ropes to one another, or to another object. Knowing how to tie knots is a useful skill. Different knots are used for different purposes. Everyone should learn how to tie a few basic knots.

This section gives an A to Z selection of some of the most common (and not so common) knots and their uses.

Adjustable Bend	English Knot	Perfection Loop
Adjustable Hitch	Englishman’s Bend	Pile Hitch
Adjustable Grip Hitch	Eskimo Bowline	Pipe Lanyard Knot
Albright Knot	Falconer’s Knot	Rapala Knot
Albright Special	Farmer’s Loop	Reef Knot
Alpine Butterfly Loop	Figure Eight Knot	Reeving Line Bend
Alpine Coil	Figure Eight Loop	Ring Bend
Anchor Bend	Fireman’s Chair Knot	Ring Hitch
Angler’s Knot	Fireman’s Hitch	Rolling Hitch
Angler’s Loop	Fisherman’s Bend	Round Turn and Two Half Hitches
Arbor Knot	Fisherman’s Knot	Running Bowline
Ashley’s Bend	Flemish Knot	Sack Knot
Ashley’s Stopper Knot	Franciscan Monks’ Knot	Sailor’s Knot
Australian Braid	French Prusik	Salmon Egg Loop
Australian Plait	Gallows Knot	Savoy Knot
Axle Hitch	Girth Hitch	Scaffold Knot
Bag Knot	Granny Knot	Sheepshank
Barrel Hitch	Grass Knot	Sheet Bend
Barrel Knot	Gray’s Loop	Simple Hitch
Barrel Sling	Half Hitch	Simple Noose
Bimini Twist	Halibut Knot	Single Hitch
Birmingham Bowline	Hangman’s Knot	Single Strand Diamond Knot
Blimp Knot	Hangman’s Noose	Slipped Half Hitch
Blood Knot	Harness Knot	Snake Knot
Boatswain’s Whistle Knot	Heaving Line Knot	Snaked Whipping
Boiling Knot	Highwayman’s Hitch	Snell Knot
Boom Hitch	Homer Rhode Loop	Spider Hitch
Bosun’s Whistle Knot	Honda Knot	Square Knot
Bowline	Icicle Hitch	Strait Bend
Bowline on a Bight	Jansik Special	Strangle Knot
Bowstring Knot	Jar Knot	Swivel Knot
Buffer Loop	Josephine Knot	Surgeon’s Knot
Buntline Hitch	Jug Sling Knot	Tack Knot
Camel Hitch	King Sling Knot	Tape Knot
Carrick Bend	Klemheist Knot	Tautline Hitch
Cairnton Knot	Knife Lanyard Knot	Thief Knot
Cat’s Paw	Lark’s Head	Three Part Crown Knot
Cinch Knot	Ligature Knot	Thumb Knot
Cleat Hitch	Loop Knot	Toggled Bend
Clinch Knot	Lorry Knot	Transom Knot
Clove Hitch	Lover’s Knot	Trilene Knot
Coiling	Machard Knot	Triple Bowline
Common Wipping	Magner’s Hitch	Triple Crown Knot
Constrictor Hitch	Magnus Hitch	Triple Figure Eight
Cow Hitch	Manrope Knot	Triple Palomor Knot
Crawford Knot	Marline Hitch	Truckers Hitch
Double Bowline	Marlingspike Lanyard Knot	True Lover’s Knot
Double Clinch Knot	Midshipmans Hitch	Turle Knot
Double Fisherman’s Knot	Miller’s Knot	Two Half Hitches
Double Grinner Knot	Monkey’s Fist	Two Strand Diamond Knot
Double Knot	Mooring Hitch	Uni-Knot
Double Lineman’s Loop	Multifold Overhand Knot	Utility Loop
Double Marline Hitch	Nail Knot	Versatackle Knot
Double Overhand Knot	Noose	Wagoner’s Hitch
Double Sheet Bend	Off-Shore Swivel Knot	Water Knot
Double Surgeon’s Knot	Overhand Follow-Through	Waterman’s Knot
Double Surgeon’s Loop	Overhand Knot	Wedge Knot
Double Wall and Crown	Oysterman’s Stopper Knot	Woods Knot
Double Uni Knot	Palm-And-Needle Whipping	World’s Fair Knot
Dropper Loop	Palomar Knot	Yosemite Bowline
Egg Loop	Pedigree Cow Hitch	Zeppelin Bend