Contents

  1. Introduction
    1. Why This Knot Book?
    2. How to Use This Book
    3. What Knots Are Included?
    4. Why So Many Knots?
    5. General Guidelines for Tying Knots
    6. Safety
  2. Part One: Rope and Knot Basics
    1. Anatomy and Taxonomy
    2. Working Terms and Basic Shapes
    3. Types of Knots
    4. Finishing Knots
    5. Untying Knots
    6. Buying Rope
    7. Rope Construction and Materials
    8. Natural Versus Synthetic Fibers
    9. Caring for Rope
    10. Coiling for Storage
    11. Alpine Coil
    12. Fireman’s Coil
    13. Wrapped and Reef-knotted Coil
    14. Butterfly Coil
  3. Part Two: Foundation Knots
    1. 1. Overhand Knot
    2. 2. Slipped Overhand Knot
    3. 3. Double Overhand Knot
    4. 4. Overhand Loop
    5. 5. Single Hitch
    6. 6. Half Knot
    7. 7. Half Hitch
    8. 8. Slipped Half Hitch
  4. Part Three: Stopper Knots
    1. 9. Figure 8 Knot
    2. 10. Figure 8 Knot—Alternate Method
    3. 11. Slipped Figure 8 Knot
    4. 12. Stopper Knot
    5. 13. Sink Stopper Knot
    6. 14. Stevedore Knot
    7. 15. Heaving Line Knot
    8. 16. Monkey’s Fist
  5. Part Four: Binding Knots
    1. 17. Square Knot
    2. 18. Slipped Square Knot
    3. 19. Granny Knot
    4. 20. Thief Knot
    5. 21. Surgeon’s Knot
    6. 22. Surgeon’s Knot with Second Tuck
    7. 23. Strangle Knot
    8. 24. Miller’s Knot
    9. 25. Packer’s Knot
  6. Part Five: Loop Knots
    1. 26. Double Overhand Loop
    2. 27. Figure 8 Loop
    3. 28. Threaded Figure 8 Loop
    4. 29. Directional Figure 8 Loop
    5. 30. Fisherman’s Loop
    6. 31. Double Overhand Sliding Loop
    7. 32. Angler’s Loop
    8. 33. Bowline
    9. 34. Bowline with Stopper
    10. 35. One-handed Bowline
    11. 36. Dutch Bowline
    12. 37. Bowline with Two Turns
    13. 38. Water Bowline
    14. 39. Portuguese Bowline
    15. 40. Eskimo Bowline
    16. 41. Bowline on a Bight
    17. 42. Spanish Bowline
    18. 43. Alpine Butterfly
  7. Part Six: Bends
    1. 44. Water Knot
    2. 45. Sheet Bend
    3. 46. Double Sheet Bend
    4. 47. Tucked Sheet Bend
    5. 48. Three-way Sheet Bend
    6. 49. Flemish Bend
    7. 50. Double Figure 8 Bend
    8. 51. Carrick Bend
    9. 52. Zeppelin Bend
    10. 53. Hunter’s Bend
    11. 54. Ashley’s Bend
    12. 55. Fisherman’s Knot
    13. 56. Double Fisherman’s Knot
    14. 57. Blood Knot
  8. Part Seven: Hitches
    1. 58. Marlinespike Hitch
    2. 59. Round Turn and Two Half Hitches
    3. 60. Turn and Two Half Hitches
    4. 61. Taut Line Hitch
    5. 62. Buntline Hitch
    6. 63. Anchor Bend—Version 1
    7. 64. Anchor Bend—Version 2
    8. 65. Clove Hitch
    9. 66. Clove Hitch on a Bight
    10. 67. Constrictor Knot
    11. 68. Rolling Hitch
    12. 69. Timber Hitch
    13. 70. Cow Hitch Method 1: On a Bight
    14. 71. Cow Hitch Method 2: In a Sling
    15. 72. Cow Hitch Method 3: Over the End
    16. 73. Cow Hitch Method 4: With One Working End
    17. 74. Pedigree Cow Hitch
    18. 75. Cow Hitch with a Toggle
    19. 76. Mooring Hitch
    20. 77. Highwayman’s Hitch
  9. Part Eight: Lashings and Special-purpose Knots
    1. 78. Square Lashing
    2. 79. Diagonal Lashing
    3. 80. Sheer Lashing
    4. 81. Pole Lashing
    5. 82. Slip Knot Trucker’s Hitch
    6. 83. Sheepshank
    7. 84. Cleat Hitch
    8. 85. Prusik Knot
    9. 86. Klemheist Knot
    10. 87. Italian Hitch
  10. Part Nine: Whipping and Seizing
    1. Materials and General Methods
    2. Common Whipping
    3. French Whipping
    4. Flat Seizing
  11. Glossary
  12. Resources
  13. Index
  14. Credits

Guide

  1. Cover
  2. Start of Content
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Index