Knot Reference

If your interested in how these knots are drawn, check out the Drawing Knot Series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4).

• Alpine Butterfly -

  • Bend -

  • Loop - A loop knot useful for creating a loop in the middle of a rope. Preferred over the Sheepshank for isolating a damaged section of rope.

  • Loop (Double) -

• Anchor Bend -

• Artillery Loop -

• Bowline Loop -

  • Basic -

  • On the Bight -

  • Spanish -

• Buntline Hitch -

• Carrick Bend -

• Clove Hitch -

• Chair Knot -

• Figure Eight -

  • Knot -

  • Bend (Flemish Bend, Joining Eight) -

  • Loop -

  • Loop (Inline) -

  • Loop (Double) (Industrial Eight) -

  • Loop (Re-threaded) -

  • Loop (Triple) -

• Fisherman’s Bend -

  • Basic -

  • Double -

  • Triple -

• Girth Hitch - A hitch useful for tying a bight around a ring or post

• Granny Knot - A variant of the Reef knot

• Grief Knot - A variant of the Thief knot

• Handcuff Knot -

• Highwayman’s Hitch -

• Kamikaze Knot - Variation of the Sheepshank knot. Typically create by tying a Sheepshank and cutting the middle section.

• Klemheist Knot -

• Larks Head Hitch (Cow Hitch) - Similar to the Girth hitch but using the running end of the rope rather than a bight

• Munter Hitch (Italian Hitch) -

• Overhand Knot -

• Prussik Knot -

• Reef Knot (Square Knot) - A binding knot used for reefing sails and fastening bandages. In Depth Article

• Rolling Hitch -

• Round Turn and Two Half Hitches -

• Sheepshank Knot -

• Sheet Bend -

• Stevedore Knot -

• Super Munter Hitch -

• Surgeon’s Knot

• Thief Knot - A variant of the Reef knot

• Trucker’s Hitch - In Depth Article

  • Inline Eight Loop -

  • Sheepshank Loop (Bell Ringer’s knot) -

  • Slipped Overhand Loop -

• Water Knot (Tape Knot) -

• Zepplin Bend -