Knots

Question 1

Bowline #1010*

Question 2

Trucker’s hitch*

Question 3

Siberian hitch (Evenk knot)

Answer 3

Convenient, but not for load

Question 4

Overhand knot #514

Question 5

Slip knot #529

Question 6

Square knot

Question 7

Figure 8 knot #520

Question 8

Half hitch

Question 9

Two half hitches

Question 10

Noose knot

Question 11

Taut-line (Midshipman’s) hitch #62 #1799 #1856

Answer 11

Around object, then over itself twice going back toward object, finished with half hitch going over on the outside toward the standing end

Question 12

Butterfly loop* #331

Question 13

Zeppelin bend

Question 14

Sheet bend #1

Question 15

Double sheet bend

Question 16

Cow hitch (girth hitch, lark’s head)

Question 17

Prusik

Question 18

Constrictor #1249

Answer 18

1249

Question 19

Canadian jam knot (Arbor knot) #190, #1114

Answer 19

Loop around object to hitch, then overhand knot around standing end (working end comes out the same way). Overhand knot as stopper near working end.

Question 20

Packer’s knot #187*

Answer 20

Under from L to R, figure 8 that comes out same way as standing end, standard butcher’s half hitch to finish

Question 21

Bell Ringer’s Knot #172

Answer 21

Temporarily keep the end of a rope from dangling down, or lower an object and then pull to release.

Question 22

Double fisherman’s bend (grapevine knot) #294

Question 23

Clove hitch #11

Question 24

Timber hitch #1733

Question 25

Adjustable Grip Hitch

Answer 25

Over, under, over, under, over, under both and through

Question 26

Double overhand knot (barrel knot) #516

Answer 26

Overhand knot, but goes through twice

Question 27

Double overhand noose (poacher’s knot) #409 #1228

Question 28

Ashley stopper knot (Oysterman’s) #526

Question 29

Fisherman’s knot #293 #1414

Answer 29

Bend consisting of each line doing a single overhand knot around the other.

Question 30

Corned beef knot #191*

Answer 30

Under from L to R, then over itself to start the Figure 8

Question 31

Ground line hitch #277

Answer 31

Like clove hitch, but last part goes over under.

Question 32

Halter hitch #243

Answer 32

Simple slip knot around standing line. Bight comes through same direction as standing end. Tuck the working end loosely through the loop

Question 33

Butcher’s #183 (First one)

Answer 33

Working end goes under from left to right, overhand knot that comes out opposite way from standing end, British car half hitch

Question 34

Butcher’s #184

Answer 34

Basic Butcher’s but with double overhand

Question 35

Butcher’s #185

Answer 35

Start with a square knot, pull standing end to capsize into reverse hitch, then British car half hitch

Question 36

Angler’s Loop (Perfection Loop) #286, #1017*

Answer 36

Left turn away toward working end, two circles around, pull 1st through 2nd, keeping working and inside. Pg. 49, 186-7 Best loop for small lines like fishline

Question 37

Magnus (Rolling) hitch #61 #1230

Answer 37

Opposite of Tautline. Twice toward standing end, once toward object, then cinch tight. Can also be tied around the object itself (ends up looking like clove hitch).

Question 38

Blood knot (barrel knot) #295

Answer 38

Bend where each line wraps around the other two full times going away from each other, then comes back over itself and under the other in the middle. Best knot for attaching a leader line in fishing. Looks like a zeppelin bend when done.

Question 39

Hangman’s knot/noose #366

Question 40

Transom knot #385

Answer 40

Modified constrictor for binding two sticks, poles, etc. at a right angle. To reinforce, add a second one on the back going the other way.

Question 41

#1231 (“Grapple Hitch”?)

Answer 41

Starts like a butcher’s knot (under L to R), then through the gap between rope and object, then around both and between the twist of the two lines.

Question 42

Figure Eight Noose #1116

Answer 42

Make a bight, then tie a standard Figure 8 going back toward the standing end.

Question 43

Running Bowline #1117

Question 44

Buntline Hitch #1847

Answer 44

One turn around standing end going away from object, then a second going toward the object.