Useful Knots
The Most Useful Rope Knots for the Average Person to Know The Most Useful Rope Knots for the Average Person to Know Home Page 10/17/2005 See the "Modification History" at the bottom of this page for the most recent changes that have been made. For your convenience, you can now download this entire website (all 9 articles) in a single .ZIP file: UsefulRopeKnots.zip (4,091K). To unzip this file, try downloading a free evaluation version of WinZip at WinZip's Download Page. Be sure to come back here periodically to check for any changes to these articles. Added on 10/17/2005 (10/17/2005) Introduction I'm not quite sure what it is, but there is something fascinating about knots. Thousands of knots have been invented over the millennia, there are multitudes of books and websites entirely devoted to knots and teaching how to tie knots and knot artwork and the mathematics of knots and the history of knots, there are computer programs for displaying knots and showing how to tie knots, there are knot tyers' magazines, newsletters, discussion groups, clubs, associations, guilds, and so on. But with this overload of information on thousands of knots, how is the average person supposed to know which knot is the best and safest to use when he needs to tie something? After all, using the wrong knot, or using a poorly-tied knot, has led to many accidents, injuries, deaths, and destruction of property. People who use ropes, fishing lines, yarn, etc., in their work or in their recreation (such as sailors, rock climbers, fishermen, weavers, farmers, search-and-rescue workers, and so on) are familiar with various knots that they use frequently.
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