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Cover Title Page Contents Why knots? About this book 1 Overhand loop 2 Overhand knot 3 Slipped overhand knot 4 Thrown overhand knot 5 Reef knot 6 Granny knot 7 Simple plant hanger 8 Bottle carrier 9 Double overhand knot 10 Trick double overhand knot 11 Figure-eight knot 12 Slipped figure-eight knot 13 Spiral bracelet 14 Improvised awning 15 Overhand bend 16 Figure-eight bend 17 Round turn and two half hitches 18 Seized round turn and two half hitches 19 Vanishing knot 1: Slippery loops 20 Tie 1: Four in hand 21 Figure-eight loop on a bight 22 Matthew Walker loop 23 Shoelaces 1: Ladder 24 Shoelaces 2: Noose 25 Clove hitch 26 Slipped clove hitch 27 Spiral handle wrap 28 Bowline 29 Washing line 30 French whipping 31 Butane whipping 32 Sheet bend 33 Double sheet bend 34 Triple sheet bend 35 Scarf 1: Ascot 36 Constrictor knot 37 Constrictor knot with loop 38 Looped ladder 39 Short splice 40 Celtic heart necklace 41 Crown knot 42 Cow hitch 43 Girth hitch 44 Kite pigtails 45 Padlock keyring 46 Carrick loop 47 Harness loop 48 Sewing knot 1: Magic knot 49 Running bowline 50 Rolling hitch 51 Climb a tree 52 Timber hitch 53 Honda knot 54 Wall knot 55 Alpine butterfly bend 56 Tie 2: Windsor 57 Simple coil 58 Round turn and buntline hitch 59 The escapologist's knot 60 Clove hitch tied in the bight 61 Log carrier 62 Double wall knot 63 Butterfly loop 64 Lapp knot 65 Carrick bend mat 66 Tree swing 67 Ashley’s stopper 68 Scarf 2: Gypsy Rose headscarf 69 Double constrictor knot 70 Carrick bend 71 Open carrick bend 72 Rigger’s bend 73 Vanishing knot 2: Triple loops 74 One-handed bowline 75 Fast bowline 1 76 Diamond knot 77 Clove hitch coil 78 Gasket hitch coil 79 Turk’s head keyring 80 Scaffold knot 81 Thrown figure-eight knot 82 Tie 3: Trinity 83 Sailor’s whipping 84 Plaited bracelet 85 Pole hitch 86 Tom Fool’s knot 87 Magic Tom Fool’s knot 88 Tom Fool’s sheepshank 89 Tom Fool’s rescue harness 90 Shoelaces 3: The hashtag 91 Double diamond knot 92 Exploding clove hitch 93 Swiss harness 94 Constrictor knot tied in the bight 95 Scarf 3: Back drape 96 Figure-eight loop 97 Fisherman’s knot 98 Double fisherman’s knot 99 Triple fisherman’s knot 100 Flower knot 101 Back splice 102 Strangle knot 103 Going up a rope 1: The Prusik hitch 104 Turk’s head 3L x 5B in the flat 105 Zeppelin bend 106 Sewing knot 2: Thumb knot 107 Sewing knot 3: Tailor’s knot 108 Square lashing 109 Going up a rope 2: The Distel hitch 110 Camel hitch 111 Impossible knot 1: Sleight of hand 112 Tripod 113 Quatrefoil 114 Cinquefoil 115 Going down a rope 116 Tie 4: Van Wijk 117 Blackwall hitch 118 Double blackwall hitch 119 Footrope knot 120 Diagonal lashing 121 Plaited headband 122 Innomiknot 123 Cleat hitch on a pin 124 Halyard coil 125 Hard eye splice 126 Soft eye splice 127 Vanishing knot 3: Reefed loops 128 Bell ringer’s knot 129 Stopped half hitch 130 Palm and needle whipping 131 Ossel hitch 132 Knute hitch 133 Clothes hanger 134 Scarf 4: Landgirl 135 Star knot 136 Harness loop in the bight 137 Three-legged race 138 Carrier knot 139 Ossel knot 140 Double cat’s paw 141 Dog lead 142 Broach bend 143 Triple thrown overhand 144 Pile hitch 145 Towing hitch 146 Tie 5: Krasny hourglass 147 Jacked bowline 148 Climber’s belt 149 Shear lashing 150 Sheepshank in the bight 151 Shoelaces 4: Fast 152 Shoelaces 5: Double 153 Matthew Walker knot 154 Sheepshank with ends tied 155 Sheepshank with clove hitch 156 Hang a pulley 157 Fisherman’s bend 158 Fisherman’s bend and bowline 159 Scarf 5: Double knot 160 Impossible knot 2: Sleight of arms 161 Figure-eight lashing 162 Transom hitch 163 Guy rope tensioner 164 Sewing knot 4: Weaver’s knot 165 Fast bowline 2 166 Broach loop 167 Trellis knot 168 Spectacles cord 169 Peace knot 170 Double Matthew Walker 171 Surgeon’s knot 172 Friendship bracelet 173 Filipino lashing 174 Plain whipping 175 Plain handle wrap 176 Skipping rope 177 Dyneema reduction splice 178 Snake knot keyring 179 Alpine coil 180 Tie 6: Café 181 Angler’s loop 182 Diamond lanyard knot 183 Paracord people 184 Hanging shelf 185 Marlinspike hitch 186 Turk’s head 3L x 4B in the round 187 Thrown angler’s loop 188 Simple Simon 189 Double Simple Simon 190 Bookmark 191 Water bowline 192 Scarf 6: Double twist headscarf 193 Traditional chain splice 194 Zigzag lashing 195 Studding sail halyard bend 196 Gaff topsail hitch 197 Topsail halyard bend 198 Axle hitch 199 Sewing knot 5: Sliding loop 200 Sewing knot 6: Triple ring 201 Karash double loop 202 Jamming bend 203 Lanyard knot 204 The Solomon bar keyring 205 Midshipman’s hitch 206 Bowline in the bight 207 Garden swing 208 Tie 7: Onassis 209 Stevedore knot 210 Spectra splice 211 Mooring hitch 212 Shoelaces 6: The Parisian 213 Long splice 214 Turk’s head 4L x 3B in the round 215 Rope ladder 216 Scarf 7: Tucked knot 217 Crown whipping 218 Slipped sliding loop 219 The executioner 220 Braided loop 221 Braided interlocking loop 222 Tightrope 223 Rope bridge 224 Sliding necklace knot 225 Quick deploy necklace 226 Chinese lanyard 227 Cleat hitch 228 Slipped cleat hitch 229 Hammock 230 Dog collar 231 Tucked bowline 232 Seized bowline 233 Parcel knot 234 Twin bowline 235 Butane splice 236 Highwayman’s hitch 237 Knife handle wrap 238 Tie here: Eldredge 239 Killick hitch 240 Grommet splice 241 Lifting hitch 242 Turk’s head in the hand 1 243 Japanese lashing 244 Ichabod knot 245 Japanese loop 246 Scarf here: The count 247 Jury mast knot 248 Cat collar 249 Cleat hitch on bollard 250 Single stopper 251 Zip wire 252 Sewing knot 7: Irma’s magic knot 253 Sansome bend 254 Gibbet knot 255 Vanishing knot 4: Tom Fool’s knot 256 Prusik bottle sling 257 Turk’s head 5L x 4B in the flat 258 Quick deploy bracelet 259 Heaving line knot 260 Martha’s Vineyard heaving line 261 Roof rack lashing 262 Bubble knot 263 West Country whipping 264 Spanish hawser bend 265 Carrick bend headband 266 Tie 9: Bow tie 267 Reeving line bend 268 Monkey’s fist 269 Monkey’s paw 270 Versatackle 271 Shoelaces 7: Open sesame 272 Shoelaces 8: The zigzag 273 Dog toy 274 Marline hitch 275 Scarf 9: Four in hand 276 Cat toy 277 Locking loop 278 Multiplait eye splice 279 Good luck knot 280 Arm sling 281 Chinese crown loop 282 Queen Clara hitch 283 Great Queen Clara hitch 284 Backpack lashing 285 Figure-eight flake 286 Slackline bend 287 Plaited belt 288 Slip & nip loop 289 Travelling knot 290 Indian jug handle 291 Lighterman’s hitch 292 Hoist and release 293 Two-strand plait sinnet 294 Double helix keyring 295 Adjustable loop 296 Tie 10: Linwood Taurus 297 Adjustable bend 298 Chain stitch lashing 299 Sewing knot here: Russian join 300 Doughnut 301 Prusik handcuffs 302 Scarf 10: Crown headscarf 303 Spanish bowline 304 Multiplait chain splice 305 Sewing knot 9: Cheater’s Russian join 306 Bowyer’s knot 307 Japanese bowyer’s knot 308 Flat seizing 309 Chinese lanyard mat 310 Double crown sinnet bracelet 311 Hangman’s knot 312 Three-strand plait sinnet 313 Advanced plant hanger 314 Trucker’s hitch 315 Double trucker’s hitch 316 Turk’s head in the hand 2 317 Improvised pulley 318 Oval mat 319 Archivist knot 320 Double dragon loop 321 Wall hanging 322 Tie 11: Rose 323 Ladder with wooden rungs 324 Barrel knot 325 Ground-line hitch 326 Shoelaces 9: The Berluti 327 Braided splice 328 Rescue harness 329 Wrapped coil 330 Mystic knot 331 Panchang necklace 332 Yosemite bowline 333 Scarf 11: Twist and drape 334 Racking bend 335 Racking seizing 336 Thief knot 337 Paracord ninjas 338 Cross knot 339 Yardarm knot 340 Horse dealer’s hitch 341 Precipice knot 342 Poldo tackle 343 Crown sinnet 344 Fishtail weave necklace 345 Bouquet garni 346 Campfire pot hanger 347 Double angler’s loop 348 Shoelaces 10: Spider’s web 349 Shoelaces 11: The docksider 350 Dyneema loop 351 Eskimo bowline 352 Solomon bar ring 353 Tie 12: Merovingian 354 Handcuff knot 355 Ranger beads 356 Ocean braid mat 357 Triple loop bowline 358 Scarf 12: Braided headscarf 359 Shoelaces 12: The side knot 360 Cheesing 361 Butterfly coil 362 Quick deploy handle wrap 363 Dyneema soft shackle 364 Bottle wrap 365 Thrown bowline Acknowledgements eCopyright

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