Pioneering Knots & Lashings

How to tie pioneering knots and lashings.

Pioneering Knots & Lashings

Pioneering Knots & Lashings

Keep twisted rope from fraying by weaving strands backward.

Secure a rope to a post or spar.

Clove Hitch on a Bight

Clove Hitch on a Bight

Attach a rope to a post without access to ends.

Diagonal Lashing

Diagonal Lashing

Bind two spars or poles together at an angle.

Japanese Square Lashing (MKII)

Japanese Square Lashing (MKII)

Used to secure two poles together at right angles.

Create a longer spar from two shorter ones.

Bind two poles to create a pivot for bridges, levers, or lifting.

Knot for securely binding two poles together at right angles.

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

Light duty lashing knot to bind two sticks or poles at right angles.

Create tripod structures used in campsite and pioneering projects.

West Country Lashing

West Country Lashing

Construct a long pole from shorter ones.

Woodland Zip-tie Lashing

Woodland Zip-tie Lashing

Temporarily secure two poles at right angles to each other.