Книга: The Field Guide to Knots

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Part Two
Foundation Knots

Most knots, bends, and hitches incorporate simpler structures which are themselves knots. The knots in this section are all easy to learn and tie. Some of them are useful in their own right, while all of them are important as components of more complex knots or for understanding basic procedures or principles that come into play when tying them.

1.

Uses: stopper, binding, hand grips, to prevent fraying

Pros: quick, easy; forms the basis of many other knots

Cons: difficult to untie; not secure

2.

Uses: stopper, simple noose

Pros: quick and easy to tie and release; larger than Overhand Knot

Cons: less secure than a standard Overhand Knot

3.

Uses: stopper, binding, handholds

Pros: quick and easy to tie; more secure than Overhand Knot

Cons: hard to untie

4.

Uses: fixed loop anywhere on a rope; attachment, tie-off, or purchase point

Pros: quick and easy to tie even if neither end is free

Cons: difficult to untie

5.

Uses: hitch to maintain light, instantly released tension; hold an end in place temporarily

Pros: ties and releases instantly

Cons: extremely insecure

6.

Uses: light-duty or temporary binding of bundles or packages

Pros: quick and easy to tie; easily untied

Cons: insecure

7.

Uses: maintain light tension on an object that must be easily released

Pros: quick and easy to tie and untie

Cons: insecure; slips easily

8.

Uses: maintain light tension on an object that must be easily released

Pros: easy to tie, quicker to release than Half Hitch

Cons: insecure; slips easily

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, its diameter is the same so it won’t prevent the rope from running through a larger hole.

Uses: stopper, binding, handholds along a line

Pros: quick and easy to tie; less likely to slip than a standard Overhand Knot

Cons: hard to untie if tightened hard

Instructions

1. Make an

2. Pass the working end through the crossing turn a second time.

3. The “doubled” aspect of this knot is clear before you tighten it.

4. As you pull both ends, the knot changes form.

5. Work the knot into shape by pushing it up from the standing part toward the working end.

6. The finished, faired knot.

Untying: Use your thumbs to pry apart the two adjacent crossing turns on either side of the knot, then pull the working end through the crossing turn in the standing part

tied in a bight. Among the simplest of loops, it is fixed (i.e., non-adjustable) and, if placed under much strain, it becomes so tight that it should be considered untieable.

Uses: forming a fixed loop anywhere along the length of a rope or at the end; useful as a handhold, an attachment point for hardware, a loop from which to hang objects, and a purchase through which a working end can be passed in order to pull the standing part tight

Pros: quick and easy to tie even if neither end is free

Cons: very difficult to untie if tightened hard

Instructions

1. Form a bight near the working end or anywhere along the rope.

2. Make a crossing turn with the bight across both the standing part and the working end.

3. Pass the bight through the crossing turn.

4. Holding the standing part and working end together in one hand, pull the bight to tighten.

Untying: Grab either strand of the bight just before it passes under the standing parts, and either strand of the standing part where it passes over the bight, and pull in opposite directions. Generally, however, you should consider this knot to be permanent and be prepared to cut it.

tied around an object. But it may also be tied in the working ends of two different cords.

Uses: light-duty or temporary binding of bundles or packages

Pros: quick and easy to tie; easily untied

Cons: insecure

Instructions

1. Cross one end over the other.

2. Take either end and tuck it under the opposite one.

3. Pull both working ends to tighten.

4. The Half Knot may be tied with the ends of two ropes.

Untying: Pull the standing parts in opposite directions.

or , but the working end doubles back on itself to form a crossing turn around the standing part. An essential component of innumerable other knots, it is of limited usefulness by itself because it is not secure.

Uses: to pull or maintain light tension on an object that must be easily released

Pros: quick and easy to tie; more secure than a Single Hitch

Cons: insecure; slips easily; holds only with light constant tension at certain angles

Instructions

1. Take a turn around an object and cross the working end over the standing part.

2. Pass the working end through the crossing turn from back to front.

3. While maintaining tension on the standing part, pull the working end tight so that it forms an overhand crossing turn around the standing part and lies perpendicular to it.

4. The finished Half Hitch.

Untying: Pull a little slack into the standing part, then pull the working end through the crossing turn that surrounds the object.

around an object and you’ve got a Slipped Half Hitch. It has the same benefits and disadvantages as a regular but the drawloop makes it even easier to untie.

Uses: to maintain light tension on an object that must be easily released

Pros: quick and easy to tie; more easily released than a regular Half Hitch

Cons: insecure; slips easily; holds only with light constant tension

Instructions

1. Make a crossing turn around an object and form the working end into a bight.

2. Pull the bight partway through the crossing turn.

3. Pull the bight and the standing part to tighten, being careful not to pull the working end through the crossing turn.

Untying: Just pull the working end and the knot will fall open.

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