How to Tie Knots

by Tim MacWelch

Overview

Practical advice on how to tie more than 50 essential wilderness knots.

Anyone heading into the wilderness needs to know knots, and this back-to-basics guide introduces readers to more than 50 essential knots, which can be used for everything from climbing to fishing. Each knot will include demonstrative illustrations—with extra visual aids for particularly tricky steps. With a brief overview of the different types of knots, as well as featured projects explaining what these knots can be used for, this book is a useful, handy guide for everyone who likes to spend time outdoors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645171720
Publisher:	Thunder Bay Press
Publication date:	03/31/2020
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	14 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction

Why you need knots 6

Choosing a rope 8

Making a rope 11

Knot terminology 14

Knots You Need to Know

Overhand knot 20

Half hitch 21

Two half hitches 22

Clove hitch 24

Figure eight 26

Square knot 28

Bowline 30

Bowline on a bight 32

Sheet bend 34

Double sheet bend 36

Rolling hitch 38

Camping and Hiking Knots

Jam knot 44

Cow hitch 46

Stevedore stopper knot 48

Timber hitch 50

Toggle knot 52

Water knot 54

Trucker's hitch 56

Tautline hitch 58

Diagonal lashing 60

Shear lashing 62

Tripod lashing 64

Square lashing 66

Nautical Knots

Slip knot 72

Cleat hitch 74

Marlinspike hitch 76

Anchor hitch 78

Ashley's stopper knot 80

Double fisherman's knot 82

Figure eight fisherman's knot 84

Granny knot 86

Strangle knot 88

Climbing Knots

Figure eight follow-through knot 94

Alpine butterfly loop 96

Prusik hitch 98

Munter hitch 100

Super Munter hitch 102

Bowline stopper knot 104

Klemheist knot 106

Mute knot 108

Figure nine loop knot 110

Barrel knot 112

Fishing Knots

Albright knot 118

Palomar knot 120

Turle knot 122

Blood knot 124

Double surgeon's loop 126

Buntline hitch 128

Snell knot 130

Nail knot 132

Improved clinch knot 134

Knot Projects

Making a whipping 136

Create a tripod jerky rack 137

Weave a net 138

Bundle your rope 139

Tricks for untying knots 140

Index 142