Essential Knots

How to tie 18 essential knots.

Essential Knots

Essential Knots

Adjustable Grip Hitch

Adjustable Grip Hitch

Adjust tension on a line.

Alpine Butterfly (Hand Method)

Alpine Butterfly (Hand Method)

Secure loop in the middle of a rope.

Attach a line to an anchor, ring or post.

Relatively secure fixed loop at the end of a rope.

Secure a rope to a post or spar.

Constrictor Knot

Constrictor Knot

Secure temporary or semi-permanent binding or clamp.

Double Fisherman's Knot

Double Fisherman's Knot

Securely join two ropes of similar size, often used in climbing.

Simple stopper knot preventing rope from slipping through belay device or hole.

Figure Eight Loop

Figure Eight Loop

Secure, fixed loop at the end of a rope.

Midshipman's Hitch

Midshipman's Hitch

Adjustable friction hitch for use on lines under tension.

Bi-directional friction hitch used for ascending or descending on a rope.

Round Turn & Two Half Hitches

Round Turn & Two Half Hitches

Secure knot for tying a rope to a post or ring.

Securely join ropes of different or similar size.

Simple Overhand Noose

Simple Overhand Noose

Simple noose that tightens when pulled.

Simple binding knot for securing objects, not suitable for joining two ropes.

Simple knot for hauling timber, initiating lashings, and attaching bowstrings or guitar strings.

Trucker's Hitch

Trucker's Hitch

Mechanical advantage system for securing loads using a block-and-tackle mechanism.

Excellent, jam-resistant way to connect two ropes.