Anchor Hitch - used to attach slings to any object. This knot holds well even when the line tension changes.
Bowline, arbor knot (Bowline) is a very versatile knot. It ties quickly (once you get the hang of it), and it doesn't slip or stop. This knot can easily be used to make a loop and can even be used to tie two slings together.
A Clove Hitch is used to attach slings to an object. Not the most reliable unit, but reliable enough for attaching fenders to rescue ropes.
Figure Eight – locking knot. It is used at the end of the lanyard to prevent it from slipping out.
Rolling hitch is a universal knot that has many uses. One of the most important uses is to transfer pressure to another line.
Sheet Bend - used to connect two slings of the same diameter together. In the case of slings of different diameters, or if a more reliable knot is required, use a double clew knot.
Reef Knot - used to connect the reef points on the sail. If it weren't used for tying shoelaces, it probably wouldn't be worth mentioning at all. The traditional phrase for tying this knot is “left over right, then right over left.”
Anchor Hitch - used to attach slings to any object. This knot holds well even when the line tension changes.
Bowline, arbor knot (Bowline)
The bowline is a very versatile knot. It ties quickly (once you get the hang of it), and it doesn't slip or stop. This knot can easily be used to make a loop and can even be used to tie two slings together.
Clove Hitch
The lashing knot is used to attach slings to an object. Not the most reliable unit, but reliable enough for attaching fenders to rescue ropes.
Figure Eight
The figure eight is a locking knot. It is used at the end of the lanyard to prevent it from slipping out.
Rolling hitch
The locking knot is a universal knot that has many uses. One of the most important uses is to transfer pressure to another line.
Sheet Bend
A clew knot is used to connect two lines of the same diameter together. In the case of slings of different diameters, or if a more reliable knot is required, use a double clew knot.
Reef Knot
A reef knot is used to connect the reef points on a sail. If it weren't used for tying shoelaces, it probably wouldn't be worth mentioning at all. The traditional phrase for tying this knot is “left over right, then right over left.”
Knots for tying ropes
Weaving knot (c, d)
The knot is easy to tie;
Used for tying ropes of the same diameter;
Control units are required;
Can be used to tie fishing lines.
Counter knot
The knot is easy to tie and holds well;
- “does not crawl”;
Used for tying ropes of any diameter (a-d), for tapes (e) and tape-rope combinations;
Convenient for knitting various loops, braces, etc.
Counter figure eight knot
Reliable knot, holds well;
- “does not crawl”;
Knits slowly;
Strongly delayed;
Used for tying ropes of both the same and different diameters.
Clew (a-e) and front clew (a) knots
Reliable knots, easy to knit;
They do not tighten under load;
The clew knot is used for tying ropes of the same diameter, the clew knot is used for ropes of both the same and different diameters;
Control nodes are required.
grapevine knot
Reliable and beautiful knot;
Knitting correctly takes practice;
Under load it tightens a lot;
Used for tying ropes of the same and different diameters, fishing lines;
Convenient for knitting loops, braces, etc.
Hunter's knot
Reliable and beautiful knot;
Holds well on soft ropes and ribbons;
Doesn't tighten too much;
Difficult to remember, requires practice;
On hard ropes it is not tightened enough;
Used for tying soft ropes of the same and different diameters, tapes, nylon threads.
Snake knot
Very reliable unit;
- “does not crawl”;
Knits slowly;
Requires practice;
Used on thin soft nylon ropes;
On synthetic fishing lines it is tightened “tightly”.
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Knots for thickening the cable
Simple knot (Fig. 1). This is the simplest of all known knots. To tie it, you need to make a half-knot with the running end of the cable at its root end. It can be tied at the end or in the middle of the rope. To do this, the running end of the cable is carried once around its root part and passed into the resulting loop. Depending on how it is tied, a simple knot can be left (Fig. 1, a) or right (Fig. 1, b).
This is not only the simplest of all knots, but also the smallest in size. When the cable is pulled, it becomes so tight that it is sometimes very difficult to untie it. The Russian folk proverb suits it perfectly: “The knot is not big, but it is tight.” This knot, like no other, spoils the cable, as it bends it greatly. If, for example, to lift a weight, you use a new plant (hemp, manila or any other) cable, on which an untied simple knot remains, then the cable, although designed to lift a given load, will break, and in the place where the simple knot is tied node It is generally accepted among sailors that the strength of a new plant cable, on which a simple knot was tied under strong traction and then untied, will be half as strong as the strength of the same cable on which there was no knot.
Rice. 1. Simple knot: a - left; b - right
Nevertheless, the simple knot has long been used in the navy. When working with plant cables, it served as a temporary means to prevent their heels and strands from unraveling. It was also tied at regular intervals of 20-30 centimeters on the inclined piers of the bowsprit and jib so that the sailors’ feet would not slip when working with the forward oblique sails.
Rice. 2. “Bloody” knot: a - the first method of knitting; b - second knitting method
A simple knot has been successfully used for fastening wooden balusters on temporary ladders. Fishermen from some countries used this knot to take the so-called “Spanish reef”: they tied the upper corner of the jib to reduce its area. These are, perhaps, all the cases of the use of a simple knot by sailors in the past.
A simple knot can be useful in everyday life. Sometimes a person gets into trouble: during a fire, in order to save his life, he ties a rope from strips of sheets into knots. Usually in this case a straight or woman's knot is used (see below Fig. 25, 23). When using the latter, you need to tie a simple knot at the ends of the sheet strip. This will guarantee that the woman’s knot will not come undone under the weight of the person who will be descending along the tied rope from the window.
A simple knot is always used to tie at the end of a thread to prevent it from slipping out of the material, and to prevent the end of the rope from unraveling if a person does not know how to apply a mark. A simple knot, despite its primitiveness and ability to be tightly tightened, is constituent element many nodes, which we will talk about later.
“Bloody” knot (Fig. 2). This knot differs from a simple knot in that its running end, being inserted into the loop, is once again wrapped around the root part of the cable. This almost doubles the size of the node.
The ancient inhabitants of Peru - the Incas - used similar knots with different numbers schlags in the knotted writing they invented. Tying knots on ropes a certain color and with the number of shlags within each knot ranging from one to nine, they counted to a five-digit number.
There are two ways to knit such knots. If the number of hoses does not exceed three, they are made with the running end of the cable inside the loop (Fig. 2, a), and if it is more, then the hoses are made around the root part of the cable and the running end is passed inside (Fig. 2, b).
Rice. 3. Eight
Since the ancient times of the sailing fleet, such multiple simple knots have been used by sailors different countries were called "bloody". The register of punishments for sailors in naval fleets of the past includes beatings with molts and whips, which were called “cats,” which are forgotten today. They were a woven hemp rope a whip that had from seven to thirteen braids, but more often - nine. Each of the braids ended with a knot, which had from two to nine strands. “Cats” were divided into simple and thieves. The latter were more difficult. They were flogged for theft.
When punished with a “cat,” the offending sailor was tied by the hands to a grated hatch, which was placed vertically on the quarterdeck, or to a cannon barrel. As a rule, the entire crew of the ship was lined up along both sides and the boatswain (or his assistant) struck the victim’s bare back with a “cat” to the beat of drums. The number of blows was in the dozens. Depending on the offense, the sailor could receive from one to twelve dozen as punishment. Usually, after the third blow, blood appeared on the offender’s back, since the knots, tightly tied at the ends of the “cat” braids, cut through the skin (hence the name of the knot). After the first dozen blows, the bloody pigtails of the “cat” stuck together into one bundle and the blows became unbearable, the sailors lost consciousness and died in a state of shock. In order not to lose well-trained sailors in this way in peacetime, the British Admiralty mid-17th century century issued a sanctimonious order: after the first dozen blows, the boatswain's mate was obliged to separate the pigtails of the "cat" stuck together with blood. This procedure was called “combing the cat.” It was repeated after every dozen blows. But even the toughest sailors could not withstand six dozen blows, lost consciousness from pain and died. In modern English, the idiomatic expression “To scratch the cat” has been preserved, which, recalling the barbaric punishment on ships, now has the meaning of “to relieve suffering.”
Nowadays, the “bloody” knot has lost its purpose and finds other uses both in everyday life and in various professions, for example, in tailoring and bookbinding to thicken the end of the thread.
Eight (Fig. 3). This knot is considered classic. It forms the basis of one and a half dozen others, more complex nodes for various purposes.
Rice. 4. Stevedoring knot
In the form in which it is depicted here, this knot in maritime affairs serves as an excellent stopper at the end of the cable so that the latter does not whip out of the pulley of the block. Unlike a simple knot, it does not damage the cable even with strong traction and can always be easily untied. To tie a figure eight, you need to wrap the running end of the cable around the main one and then pass it into the resulting loop, but not immediately, as in a simple knot, but by first bringing it behind you.
IN Everyday life The figure eight is widely used. First of all, it is very convenient for securing the cable when it passes through a hole in an object, for example, in the wooden handle of an outboard motor rope starter.
This knot can be used for rope handles of a wooden bucket or tub, if the rope passes through two holes on the protruding ends of the wooden staves. In this case, having threaded the rope through both holes, at its ends with external parties The rivets are tied in a figure eight. Using two figure eights you can securely attach the rope to a children's sled. To prevent your hand from slipping off the end of the dog leash, we recommend tying a figure eight. In addition, it serves well for attaching strings to the pegs of violins, guitars, mandolins, balalaikas and others. musical instruments.
Stevedoring knot (Fig. 4). Like the figure eight, this knot is a stopper for the cables passing through the pulleys of the blocks. It is knitted in the same way, but with the only difference that the running end is inserted into the loop after it has been wrapped around the root end of the cable twice. When tightening this knot, you need to make sure that the hoses at the root end do not twist and slip into the loop. A tight stevedoring knot is easier to untie if you pull the loop that is closer to the root end.
Rice. 5. Juffer knot: a - the first method of knitting; b - second knitting method
The name of this node is of American origin. It first appeared in explanatory dictionary in English Webster in 1890. The compilers of this dictionary borrowed it from a manual on tying knots, published by the American rope company Stevedore Ropes.
Deadeye knot (Fig. 5). In the days of the sailing fleet, this ancient sea knot was used to tension the shrouds using cable lanyards and deadeyes. It was tied at the end of the lanyard in order to hold the latter in the hole of the deadeye. The diagram shows two ways to knit it. The first method (Fig. 5, a), based on a simple knot, involves inserting the running end into the loop from below between the main and running ends and then passing it underneath. The second method of tying a deadeye knot (Fig. 5, b) involves tying a figure eight and pulling both ends into its corresponding loops, as shown by two arrows.
The peculiarity of the deadeye knot is that it is relatively easy to untie, even if it is tightly tightened.
Oyster knot (Fig. 6). Despite its name, this knot, like the figure eight, due to its symmetry, is successfully used by musicians for attaching the strings of a violin, guitar, mandolin and other musical instruments to pegs. In size, a tightened oyster knot is much larger than a figure eight, and therefore it is used in cases where the holes on the pegs are, for some reason, larger than needed for a particular string.
Rice. 6. Oyster knot: a - knitting pattern; b - ornamental knot
Rice. 7. Multiple Eight
This knot has one peculiarity of tying: it is tightened in two steps (Fig. 6, a). First, tie a running simple knot (see Fig. 82 below) and tighten it. Having passed the running end of the cable into the loop, tighten the knot again. If the oyster knot is tightened in one step, it will not form correctly.
In Fig. 6, b shows a diagram of an oyster knot, indicating its symmetry. In this form, it can serve as a good decorative ornamental knot for decoration. women's dress or an embroidery pattern.
Multiple figure eight (Fig. 7). Imagine that you need to tie a large rope around cardboard box, bale or old suitcase. Having done this, you discovered that one and a half meters of rope remained unused. By tying the running end of the rope around the part of it for which you have to carry this load, using a multiple figure of eight, you will not only shorten the rope, but also make a comfortable handle for this load.
The “multiple figure eight” knot can be used in all cases when there is a need to temporarily shorten the cable or exclude an unreliable part of its length from work if there is a fear that it will break. A multiple figure eight is a good handle for both a dog leash and a children's sled rope.
To make the knot even and tight, as you tie it, tighten each hose, moving it towards the previous one. If you later need to use the entire length of the rope, multiple figure eights are easy to untie. No matter how tightly it is tightened, this knot will not damage the rope.
Rice. 8. "Fire escape"
"Fire escape" (Fig. 8). In the daily activities of sailors, steeplejacks, builders, firefighters, mountain rescuers and rock climbers, there is often a need to use a so-called pendant with musings. In the navy, a pendant is a vertically hanging plant rope attached to something with its upper part, and musings are thickenings on it, woven into it in the form of knots, at regular intervals. With the help of such cables, sailors board the boats standing at the side of the ship. But a manufactured pendant with musings is not always at hand when you urgently need to go overboard by rope or climb a steep wall if there is neither a ladder nor a storm ladder. Imagine, for example, this situation. A man fell from the deck of a ship in the port into the water. There is a loose coil of plant rope on the deck. If you throw the end to someone who has fallen, it is unlikely that he will be able to climb on board: the cable may be synthetic, and in the port there is usually a layer of oil on the surface of the water. The hands of a person who has fallen overboard will slide along a cable that does not have musings. In such a situation, the “fire escape” comes to the rescue.
As already mentioned, the simple knot is a component of many useful knots. The fire escape consists of a series of simple knots that are knitted one after another very quickly (20 knots can be tied in half a minute). It is magnificent in its simplicity and effectiveness, but requires skill and precision in execution.
Knitting this knot begins with the formation a certain number pegs tied behind each other. Take in left hand the running end of the cable, 15-20 centimeters away from its edge. Make the first pebble with a diameter of no more than 10 centimeters so that the root end of the cable is at the bottom. Then make exactly the same pebble and press it with the thumb of your left hand to the tips of the others. In exactly the same way, make 5-7 pegs, evenly laid one on top of the other. To prevent them from moving or getting tangled, put them on the outstretched fingers (except the thumb) of your left hand. You will get a kind of rope “cup”. Carefully remove it from your fingers so that it does not crumble or flatten. Now pass the running end, which you held in your left hand, inside this “cup” and bring it out on the other side. Place the "glass" on left palm and grasp it on all sides with five fingers. Curled fingertips right hand hold the upper hose of the “cup” and slowly, without jerking, pull the running end of the cable sticking out of the “cup” upward. As this running end is pulled out, simple knots will be tied on it. Their number will correspond to the number of pegs made, and the distance between them will correspond to the length of their circumference.
Using the described method, you can quickly tie knots, secure one end of the rope to the radiator, to the leg of the bed (table), throw the other end out the window and, if necessary, go down the rope (for example, in case of fire).
Such a situation is also possible. You need to pull out a car stuck in the mud. There is a long rope and people ready to help. To make it easier for them to pull, tie a “fire escape” on the ground so that the knots go approximately every meter.
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Untightened knots
Simple half bayonet (Fig. 9). A simple half-bayonet, being the simplest of non-tightening knots, is widely used in maritime affairs. It serves as the final element of many nodes. Wrap the running end of the cable around the object to which you want to tie the cable, then around the root end of the cable and pass it into the resulting loop. After this, attach the running end of the cable with a grip to the root end. A knot tied in this way reliably withstands strong traction. He may move towards the object, but he will never be drawn in.
A simple half-bayonet is used to connect two cables with “foreign” and “own” ends.
A simple bayonet (Fig. 10). Two identical half-bayonets make up a knot, which sailors call a simple bayonet. The expression “throw half a bayonet” means adding to the knot already made one more carry and crossing the running end around the root end of the cable. The diagram shows a non-tightening knot widely used in maritime affairs - one of the simplest and most reliable knots for attaching moorings to mooring bollards, bits, guns and bollards. To distinguish a correctly tied bayonet from an incorrect bayonet, the two loops of the knot must be brought closer together. If this results in a bleached knot (see Fig. 48), then it means that the simple bayonet was tied correctly. For such a bayonet, its running end, both after the first and after the second pegs, should extend equally above or below its end. For an inverted, i.e., incorrectly tied simple bayonet (Fig. 10, b), the running end after the second pebble goes in the opposite direction, not the same as after the first.
Rice. 9. Simple half bayonet
When two loops of an inverted knotted bayonet are brought together, a cow knot is obtained instead of a bleached one (see Fig. 46). If the half-bayonets of a simple bayonet are made in different directions, then when the cable is tensioned they will come together and the knot will be tightened. The main use of a simple bayonet in the navy is to secure mooring ends to mooring fixtures, to secure the guys of cargo booms to the butts and eyes, and to secure the cargo pendant to the load being lifted.
Rice. 10. Simple bayonet: a - correctly tied; 6 - inverted (not correct)
The maximum number of half-bayonets in such a knot under any circumstances should not exceed three, since this is quite sufficient and the strength of the knot as a whole will not increase with a larger number of half-bayonets. The reliability of this mooring unit is eloquently demonstrated by the old English nautical proverbs: “Two half-bayonets saved the queen’s ship” and “Three half-bayonets are more than enough for the royal yacht.”
Sailors often use two simple bayonets to temporarily connect two mooring lines, cable and pearl lines.
On shore, this simple but reliable unit can be used in all cases when the cable needs to be temporarily attached to some object for strong traction, for example, to a hook when towing a car.
Bed bayonet (Fig. 11). For many centuries, the bed for sailors on ships was a canvas hanging bunk in the form of a hammock with a thin mattress made of crushed cork. In plan, it has the shape of a rectangle, the small sides of which have eight eyelets for the so-called pendant ropes.
Fig. 11. Bed bayonet
These pendants are connected in rings, which in turn are suspended by the berth pins to special eyelets in beams or to rods made in the ship's cockpit for hanging berths at night. During the day, rolled-up bunks along with a pillow, blanket and sheet were stored in so-called bunk nets along the side on the deck and served as a reliable parapet from cannonballs and shrapnel during the battle. In the evening, before lights out, at the command “Bunks down!” they were carried below deck and suspended. Tying a knot to hang a bunk is serious business. Here you need to use a knot that does not tighten, is easy to untie and holds securely. The most important thing is that it does not come undone on its own under the influence of the continuous rocking of the ship. Sailors used various knots to hang their bunks, but the bunk bayonet was considered the most reliable.
A simple bayonet with a hose (Fig. 12). This knot differs from a simple bayonet by one additional hose around the object to which the cable is attached. It also serves mainly for fastening cables and railings when mooring.
Rice. 12. Simple bayonet with hose
for bollards, bitings and poles, but is used, unlike a simple bayonet, in cases where there is no need to quickly release the mooring lines. This knot is also convenient for attaching a cable to a hook, fire, eye, etc. Two hoses around the object make this knot more reliable during long stays; in any case, due to the additional hose, it will not fray as quickly as a simple bayonet.
A simple bayonet with two hoses (Fig. 13). In fact, this is also a type of simple bayonet. The difference from the previous node is an additional, third hose. It increases the strength of the knot if the cable experiences constant friction against the bollard or biting. Attaching the cable to the hook using this unit is a very reliable method.
Fig. 13. A simple bayonet with two hooks
Bayonet with rim (Fig. 14). If for a simple bayonet with two hoses the latter pass on the side of the attachment point of the root end, then with this unit they are placed one on each side. This gives the knot greater symmetry; when the direction of pull changes, the knot moves less along the object to which it is tied.
Rice. 14. Bayonet with drift
To tie a bayonet with a bow, you first need to make one hose around the object with the running end, encircle it behind the root end and make a hose again, but in the other direction. This is followed by one or two half-bayonets.
Rice. 15. Fishing bayonet (anchor knot)
Fishing bayonet (anchor knot) (Fig. 15). One of the most important cases of using a knot in maritime affairs is tying an anchor rope to an anchor. Over the five thousand years of shipping, people could not come up with a more reliable knot for this purpose than a fishing bayonet. Tested by centuries of experience in maritime practice, this knot is recognized by sailors of all countries as the most reliable for attaching a rope to the eye or to the anchor shackle.
Rice. 16. Reverse bayonet
Rice. 17. Mast bayonet
The fishing bayonet (or anchor knot) is to some extent SIMILAR to a simple bayonet with a hook (see Fig. 12). It differs from it in that the first of the two half-bayonets additionally passes inside the hose that clasps the object. When using this knot for an anchor, it is always necessary to grab the running end with a grip to the main one. In this case, even with very strong traction, the fishing bayonet does not tighten and holds securely. It can be safely used in all cases when working with cables when they are subject to strong traction.
Reverse bayonet (Fig. 16). When mooring ships to piers and moorings, a situation often arises when it is very difficult to enclose the running end of the cable around a pole or log. Sometimes you have to literally crawl under the pier in order to thread the end through a log or eye from the bow of a boat or boat. By using a reverse bayonet, you can wrap the rope around the desired object once and at the same time tie a knot with two hoes around the object to which you are attaching the mooring line. To do this, the running end of the cable needs to be folded in half over a length of 2-3 meters and, looping it forward around the object, pull the loop towards you. Now the running end of the cable needs to be threaded into this loop, and the slack should be taken out at the root end and the knot should be finished with two half-bayonets. The reverse bayonet is convenient for use in cases where access to the object to which you want to attach the cable is difficult or inconvenient for tying a knot, for example, to a tow hook on some brands of cars.
Mast bayonet (Fig. 17). Here the original combination of two good knots produces a reliable and simple knot. First, a bleached knot is tied around the object to which the cable is attached (see Fig. 48) and an ordinary bayonet is made at the root end of the cable, which, as is known, is also a modified bleached knot. To prevent the mast bayonet from becoming too tight, the first knot is not fully tightened.
Rice. 18. Towing unit
Rice. 19. Port hub
Towing unit (Fig. 18). This unit is used to secure the cable to the towing hook or biting. They can delay or release the towing end. Thanks to the sequential application of several cable hoses on the bit, the towing end can be pulled from the bit, and when the tension of the tow is weakened, it can be pulled out again in the form of loops thrown over the top of the bit.
Port node (Fig. 19). Holding the synthetic mooring line on a pair of bollards is a simple matter. But what if, instead of a double bollard, you have a single bollard (or biting) at your disposal, and there is no light at the end of the mooring line? For this purpose, there are several original units in maritime practice. Let us explain the principle of one of them, which can be classified as non-tightening knots.
First, you need to make several hoses around the single bollard with the running end of the mooring cable. After this, fold the running end in half and in this form, in a loop, pass it under the tensioned root part of the cable, turn the loop 360 degrees and throw it on top of the bollard. This knot does not slip and holds securely. The cable can be released at any moment, even if the mooring line is under strong tension. To do this, you need to slightly select the running end passing under the root end and enlarge the loop, after which it will not be difficult to throw it off the bollard.
In tourism, sometimes a person cannot do without a rope. Yes, this thing seems simple. But sometimes it adds so much comfort that it is impossible to imagine your life without it. It can be useful in a huge number of cases. If you need to dry your sleeping bags, a rope will help you.
She will also be a friend in building a rain shelter. And these are just standard tasks. And how many other, more unique cases are there in which the rope can become an indispensable tool ! Moreover, it is also convenient. But you need to know how to use it. And one of the aspects that is associated with ropes is tying the right tourist knots.
This article contains the simplest, but at the same time useful links. They will be able to solve most of the problems on tourist trips.
There are many ways to tie two ropes of the same thickness.
How to knit joints for ropes of different lengths?
Tourists have situations when they need to make one big rope out of several small ropes. In this case, you need to use these methods.
How to secure a rope to a rigid base?
A hard base can be whatever your heart desires. These are usually vertical oblong objects such as trees or stakes. This is an excellent base for tying a knot, which is used by a large number of tourists.
Enough in a good way tying a rope on a rigid base is a bayonet due to its simplicity. This connection is a rigid loop that is not only easy to tie, but also untied. Given connection requires control nodes, but they can be replaced using an additional “half bayonet”. If, for example, you don’t want the connection to slide along the base, then a “noose” knot is good.
Knots and how to tie them - it would seem that what’s so complicated about this? After all, we encounter them in everyday life at every step and tie them without even thinking. WITH early childhood we were taught to tie our shoelaces, the girls were taught ribbons and bows, then the men learned to tie a tie. And then - in everyday life, fishing, on vacation, hunting, in sports or maritime affairs - one way or another, but knots are present everywhere. Let's figure out how to tie knots on a rope correctly and which ones are the strongest.
What are nodes
Knots have existed for a long time; even our distant ancestors used them to create the first tools, clothing, and obtaining food: hunting and fishing. Essentially, a knot is a certain way of weaving ropes, fishing line, ribbons, threads and other things, a way to connect them together or tie them to something by creating a loop.
That is, the nodes have a very long and quite rich history of both application and development. After all, in every business, craft, direction where they were used, they came up with their own types, the most convenient, strong or beautiful, depending on priorities. Such a connection can be woven from different quantities ropes, them different lengths, diameter. They differ in areas of application.
Which ones exist?
Knots can be sea, tourist, mountaineering, hunting or fishing - this is a difference in the scope of their application. For example, there are about seven hundred sea knots alone!
Apply to each type certain requirements. For example, tourist ones, in addition to the fact that they must be strong and simple: they must be easy to remember, easy to tie, not crawl under load, not tighten tightly if this is not necessary.
Of course, it is hardly possible to know how to tie knots on all types of rope, and it is not necessary. This is not available to any person on the planet. It is enough to simply understand how to tie knots on a rope tightly and so that they look presentable.
Of course, you won’t get a good, strong connection or the right loop right away. You need to learn how to tie a strong knot in a rope through practice, not just theory. Although theoretical basis it is also necessary to know. For example, how to tie a knot at the end of a rope: fold the free edges into a loop, leaving a tail of the length that the knot is needed, thread it through it, and tighten it. The knot at the end of the rope is ready!
What determines the strength of a knot?
How to tie knots on a rope so that they are strong? The answer to this question is simple: firstly, you need to be able to knit them, no matter how trivial it may sound. And secondly, the rope itself must be strong enough for this, otherwise no matter how much knot tying skills you have, it will be of little use.
Any rope, cord or rope and everything from which knots are tied has its own strength characteristic. Moreover, if a rope is used, for example, to tie a tent to a peg or even a boat to a fishing pier, hardly anyone thinks much about the level of its strength. But in some areas of application of knots such inattention is unforgivable, for example, in mountaineering.
One fact is worth considering: any knot somehow makes the rope less strong, for example:
- the figure-eight knot weakens by a quarter;
- bowline - by a third;
- weaving - by 35%.
All other knots make the rope less strong by about the same amount. Also, for the level of strength of both the rope and the knot, it is worth considering the following:
- if it is wet, then its strength decreases by 10%;
- if used in severe frosts (up to 30 degrees), then it becomes less durable by a third;
- Ropes that are dirty, old, have been in the sun for a lot of time, or with damaged braiding lose half their strength.
Application options
Knots are found even in ordinary life at every step, and they can be both functional and simply decorative. For example, in Lately Bracelets or necklaces made from cords, laces and thin ropes tied in beautiful knots became especially popular.
They are also used to tie two ropes of the same thickness. In tourism, instead of ropes, other materials of different thicknesses can be used. Using a knot, you can tie a wide variety of loops: tightening, climbing, quick-release (aka bow), bowline, or those that are very difficult to untie. Keep in mind that most knots lead to chafing of the rope and also tend to unravel on their own.
Knot
Probably the most famous of all knots. You may not know how to tie it, but everyone has probably heard about it. What is it and how to tie a sea knot on a rope?
First of all, it must be said that there are several sea knots, and each of them has its own name: running simple, reef, bowline, snare, scaffold. All of them are tightening loops, with the help of which the ship was tied to the pier. Their peculiarity is a certain way of knitting and tightening the rope, in which it is stretched, making the knot reliable. And when the rope is loosened, the noose is easy to untie.
The bowline or arbor knot is most often used. There is nothing difficult in learning how to tie it, and such a skill can come in handy at any time. Tie it as follows:
- a small loop is made, a piece of rope of such length as the size of the knot is needed is left in stock;
- this end is threaded through the loop, as when tying a simple knot;
- wraps around the free end of the rope, threads it through the small one and tightens.
For tying two ropes
It happens that it is necessary to tie two or even more ropes together, and also add knots to already tied ropes. There are special loops for these purposes. So, how to tie a knot on a tied rope using a Flemish loop or a counter figure eight, which is one of the oldest, strongest and strongest:
- at the end of an untied rope, make a figure eight from its free edge;
- With the remaining end of the knotted one, they repeat the bends and thread them through them, while tightening the loop.
This knot practically does not weaken the strength of the rope, and is easy to untie if necessary.
Untied knot
Sometimes it is necessary to tie a loop that will not come undone under any circumstances. As a rule, this is one of these considered weaving. So, how to tie a strong knot on a rope that will definitely not come undone at the most inopportune moment? First of all, you need to understand that it is a combination of two knots, which are tied with running ends around the base:
- lay two ropes with ends facing each other;
- make a simple knot at one end;
- pass the end of the other through the loop made on the first, make a turn around its base;
- tie the same simple knot with the second rope;
- move both loops towards each other until they come together;
- Tighten the knot properly.
This is a very strong knot; for all its apparent simplicity, when pulled, it becomes so strong that it seems unlikely to untie it.
Beautiful knot
Of course, not all loops and knots serve exclusively for functional purposes; they are also used to create jewelry: bracelets, necklaces. Knots are also tied simply for good luck, used in macrame techniques, lace making and more.
And this is where knowing how to tie a beautiful knot on a rope comes in handy. But there are quite a lot of such knots, so we’ll tell you about a couple of the easiest and most attractive ones.
Everyone remembers and knows. So, if you intertwine one or more ropes in this way, you get a beautifully tied braid of knots.
Another popular pattern is a woven crown or, using the terminology of the macrame technique, cobra. Used to create textile bracelets, necklaces, baubles, keychains and laces for an umbrella or a dog leash. It is knitted from four ropes as follows:
- connect the ends of the ropes together;
- turn the ends towards you;
- tie a crown knot, making a loop from each rope and pulling the end that lies behind it into it;
- tighten and continue tying knots to the desired length.
The braided crown lace is ready! Now you can close its ends with special caps with a clasp, which can be purchased at a jewelry supply store, and use them as a bracelet or necklace.
Knitting and untangling knots is an activity worthy of a real man, both in direct and in figuratively, but it will also be useful for women. Since childhood, we hear about the mythical " maritime knots”, which few people know how to knit, but no “bows” can compare with them in strength and complexity. Indeed, marine life is unthinkable without knowledge of a certain set of knots, each of which serves a specific purpose and can become an effective tool in the hands of a skilled knotter.Once upon a time, the skill of a rigger was valued on a par with experienced navigators. Maritime companies were hunting for specialists in knots, and on a ship such a person was valued much more than an ordinary sailor. Today, the skill of tying knots is gradually becoming a thing of the past, but even the most basic skills of this ancient craft - tying sea knots - can prove invaluable in different situations.
Here are 10 knots, which are indispensable both during sea voyages and in everyday life.
Straight knot
This knot was used by the ancient Egyptians three thousand years BC, as well as by the ancient Greeks and ancient Romans. A straight knot is two half-knots sequentially tied one above the other in different directions. If the load on the connected cables is very large or the cables are wet, the knot becomes very tight, but even if it is wet and very tight, it unties very simply, in 1-2 seconds.
Flat knot
It has long been considered one of the most reliable knots for tying cables different thicknesses. Having eight weaves, the flat knot never gets too tight, does not creep or spoil the cable, since it does not have sharp bends, and the load on the cables is distributed evenly over the knot. After removing the load on the cable, this knot is easy to untie.
Eight
This classic knot forms the basis of a dozen other, more complex knots for various purposes. It can be used as a stopper at the end of a cable (unlike a simple knot, it does not damage the cable even with strong traction and can always be easily untied) or, for example, for the rope handles of a wooden bucket or tub. You can even use a figure eight to fasten strings to the pegs of violins, guitars and other musical instruments.
Portuguese bowline
It is used when you need to tie two loops at one end at once. For example, to lift a wounded person, his legs are threaded into loops, and with the root end (when tying knots, the so-called running ends of the cables are used, and those ends around which the running ends are wrapped are called root ends) a half-bayonet is tied around the chest under the armpits. In this case, the person will not fall out, even if he is unconscious.
Improved Dagger Knot
Considered one of the best nodes for tying two cables large diameter, since it is very simple in its design and quite compact when tightened. When tightened, the two running ends of both cables stick out in different directions. The dagger knot is easy to untie if you loosen one of the outer loops.
Flemish loop
It is a strong and easily untied loop at the end of the cable, being tied in a figure eight on a cable folded in half. The Flemish loop is suitable for tying on both thick and thin cables. It almost does not weaken the strength of the cable. In addition to marine affairs, it can also be used for fastening strings of musical instruments.
Flemish knot
In fact, this is the same figure eight, but tied at both ends. The Flemish knot is one of the oldest maritime knots, used on ships to connect two cables, both thin and thick. Even when tightly tightened, it does not damage the cable, and it is relatively easy to untie.
Stopper knot
This type of marine knot is designed to increase the diameter of the cable to prevent it from slipping out of the block, as it does not slip and holds securely. To make the locking knot even larger in size (for example, when the diameter of the hole through which the cable passes is much larger than the diameter of the cable), you can tie a knot with three loops. It can also be useful when you need to make a convenient handle at the end of the cable.
Noose
It has long been one of the most indispensable components in the sailing fleet. The noose was used to tie logs in the water for towing; it was used to load cylindrical objects; they loaded rails and telegraph poles. Moreover, this knot, proven by centuries of experience at sea, has long been used on the shore - not in vain for many foreign languages it is called a "forest knot" or a "log knot". A noose with half bayonets is a reliable and very strong knot that tightens exceptionally tightly around the object being lifted.
In everyday life, we often encounter the need to pack, secure or tie something. Usually in such a situation we pick up a string and begin to enthusiastically come up with unimaginable designs from knots, twists and weaves, which are then absolutely impossible to untangle. So let's learn how to tie a few more popular knots.
Gazebo knot
This is one of the main knots with which the bow string has been attached since ancient times. It is sometimes called the king of knots for its simplicity and versatility. Used to obtain a non-tightening (!) loop at the end of a straight rope, for attaching a rope to rings or eyes, for tying ropes.
Simple bayonet
The “Simple Bayonet” knot also allows you to tie a non-tightening loop, and it is used mainly in those places that require special reliable fastening. For example, such units have long been used in the navy to secure mooring lines to mooring fixtures, to secure towing ropes and heavy loads, and so on.
Tautline
If you need to tie something, but subsequently be able to adjust the length of the rope, then a special knot will come to the rescue, allowing you to easily change the size of the loop. It is especially often used by tourists for setting up tents and stretching awnings.
Eight
This is a traditional knot used whenever you need to attach something to a rope. It is easy to knit, it can withstand heavy loads, and later such a knot can be quite easily untied to free the rope.
The Figure Eight knot has two options. The first is used in cases where you have one free end. It looks quite complicated, but once you figure out the sequence of actions just once, everything will work out by itself.
The second option can be used when both ends of the rope are free. This knot is so simple that you can tie it with your eyes closed, and at the same time it is completely secure.
Driver node
A truly legendary knot that has many different names and even more practical applications. This node is used in construction work, during transportation, in tourism and other cases when you need to secure something tightly and tightly.
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What other nodes do you consider practically useful and necessary to master?