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How to Tie the Farrimond Friction Hitch The Farrimond Friction Hitch is extremely useful when a line may need to be periodically adjusted to maintain the tension on the line. It is often used in the Bushcraft world for ridge … Continue reading
Category Archives: Knot Work
Knot Tying Jig A few people have now asked me about my knot tying jig. I created this particular jig in order to be able to practice the knots that I have learnt. The main specification for me, it had … Continue reading
How to Tie the Water Bowline If you can tie a Bowline, then tying the Water Bowline is the same with just one extra little step. From what I understand the term Water Bowline came about as this particular Bowline … Continue reading
How to Tie the Rolling Hitch I thought that I knew how to tie the rolling hitch! Well, that was till I wanted to investigate if further for my video tutorial. I soon found that that there are a few … Continue reading
How to Tie This Shake Hands Bend I would say that this is a relatively easy bend to tie, providing that you remember the interlocking bd rule. However, I did find that when it came to doing the Shake Hands … Continue reading
How to Tie the Double Dragon Loop The Double Dragon Loop is not listed in Ashley’s Book of Knots, it would appear to be a distant relative to the Perfection Loop or Anglers Loop ABoK 1017. The Double Dragon Loop … Continue reading
How to Tie the Knute Hitch This particular hitch is rather beautiful because of its simplicity! It is extremely easy to tie and also very easy to untie. However, once tied through the eye of an object correctly, this hitch … Continue reading
How to Tie the Scaffold Hitch Have you ever wanted to suspend a plank from the end of a rope? Well, here is the solution, the scaffold hitch. The scaffold hitch is a great way of suspending a plank from … Continue reading
How to Tie the Span Loop I wonder why the Span Loop is not for widely known? I only recently discovered this knot and found it to be an extremely useful knot to know. The wonderful thing about the Span … Continue reading
How to Tie the Single Bowline on the Bight In the past I have shown how to tie a Bowline on the Bight, which in effect is really a Double Bowline on the Bight. The reason being that the completed … Continue reading
How to Tie the Toggle Button Knot This is probably one of the easiest of the button knots to tie. It also has a great characteristic of being “T” shaped. Because of the T shape of the knot, it makes … Continue reading
How to Tie a Strap Bend Sometimes you are faced with a bit of a dilemma, when you want to say join 2 loop ends of a rope together. This is where the Strap Bend comes in handy. The Strap … Continue reading
Net Making Equipment What I really love about net making is that the initial set-up cost is relatively cheap and it is easy to get hold of. For making a net you will need the following equipment: Netting Needle Netting … Continue reading
Carrick Bend Loop Researching the the Carrick Loop I found two variants, one in the Ashley Book of Knots and another shown to me. I have to now question as to whether or not, the version in ABoK 1033 is … Continue reading
How to Tie the Surgeon’s Loop Knot The Surgeons Loop Knot is very quick and easy to tie a loop at the end of a line or in the bight of a line. It is very strong and extremely secure. … Continue reading
How to Make an Easy Rope Ladder The video below only shows how to attach the rungs to a rope ladder. Probably the simplest way would be to centre a piece of rope and pass it over a branch and … Continue reading
How to Tie the Carrick Bend Did you know that according to Ashley’s Book The Sailor and His Knots, there are 256 different over and under variations of tying the Carrick Bend! The Carrick Bend is also known as the … Continue reading
How to Join Paracord – 2 Colours Snake Knot Knife Lanyard If you have ever wanted to make a nice knife lanyard using two different colours of Paracord, then maybe this method is for you. The photograph shows an example … Continue reading
Bowline Bend – Two Bowlines If you know a few knots, then I would have thought that the Bowline is one of the knots that you learnt at a very early stage? The wonderful thing about the Bowline is that … Continue reading
Kalmyk Loop Origins The Kalmyk Loop knot is a rather nice little loop knot that I understand has its origins in Russia. It is gradually becoming more well known in other parts of the world. It would also seem that … Continue reading