Why Knot? · How to Tie More Than Sixty Ingenious, Useful, Beautiful, Lifesaving, and Secure Knots! by Petit, Philippe -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Contents Jump Right In! Imagine About This Book About Ropes About Knots ABOK and KM Terminology Openings

Meet the Gang of Five

Square Knot Figure of Eight Knot Sheet Bend Clove Hitch Bowline Knot

Simple Beginnings

Single Hitch Half Hitch Overhand Knot Half Knot Extremities

Termination Knots

Figure of Eight Knot Multiple Overhand Knot

Binding Knots

Square Knot (revisited) Thief Knot Double Surgeon Knot

Twin Thumbs: Two hands, two knots, tied simultaneously.

Super-Stubborn Shoelace Knot Constrictor Knot

Bends

Figure of Eight Bend Double Sheet Bend Triple Grapevine Knot Double Fisherman’s Bend

Highwayman’s Hitch: The emergency knot par excellence.

Grass Bend

Hitches

Clove Hitch in the Bight Cow Hitch Multiple Rolling Hitch Killick Hitch

French Whipping: Create a handsome and nice-to-the-touch cover for your car’s steering wheel. Securing and Freeing

Locked Clove Hitch Slipped Sheet Bend Sheepshank Knot with Toggles Cow Hitch with Toggle

Loops

One-Handed Bowline

Threading the Needle: A cord with a bulky knot passes through the tiny eye of an improvised needle.

Bowline in the Bight Double Bowline Farmer’s Loop

Seizing and Lashing

Transom Knot Sheer-Legs Lashing

Monkey’s Fist: Follow instructions that can be understood in 6,900 languages and tie this superb knot.

Wedging

Running Knots

Running Bowline Department Store Loop

Lifesavers

Marlinspike Hitch with One Hand Sheepshank Knot

Pull Out: Make a knot vanish as you’re tying it.

Improvised Handcuffs Prusik Knot

Twines, Threads, Fishing Lines

Grinner Knot Perfection Loop

Simplicity and Elegance

Ladder’s Loop Half Sheepshank Knot

What Is It? A knot no one can identify.

Claw Hammer’s Catch Cat’s Paw Knot

Splices

Three-Strand Eye Splice Short Splice

Closings

Knots That Are Not Knots

Four-Hand Chair Bag Hand-Lift Hanging Laundry

The Art of Coiling

The Author’s Favorite Coil Alternate Loop Coil

Cast Off! On the Knotter’s Shelves About the Author Index of Searchable Terms Knotes Copyright Page

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