5.10 Climbing Club: Double Butterfly
Explanation, illustrations, and instructions.
http://five.ten.tripod.com/butter.htmAlrama's Knots
Animated graphics of several knots being tied.
http://alrama.tripod.com/cgi-bin/list.pl
Animated Knot Tying Software
Downloadable demonstration software
http://members.aol.com/idfrank/knots.html
Baggy's Rope Box
Covers the Angler's loop, the Fisherman's knot, and the Friendship knot. Step by step illustrations and instructions.
http://www.black-panther.org.uk/knots/index.htm
Beer Knot
Photos and instructions for tying this variant of the water knot.
http://beerknot.20m.com/
Best Knots for Fishing and Outdoors
Illustrations and instructions for a large number of knots used in fishing, boating and paddling.
http://www.netknots.com
Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group
Covers climbing and rescue knots including how to make a seat harness from webbing and the bowline-on-a-coil. Photos and instructions.
http://brmrg.med.virginia.edu/knots/knots.html
Caving Knots
Illustrated guide to the most commonly used knots in underground exploration.
http://www.geocities.com/knotsforcaving/
Climerware
Analysis of the strength loss caused by using a girth hitch. Climbing variations of the girth hitch, the dogvine, the mule knot, and the Figure-8. How to tie a bowline and clove hitch one-handed.
http://www.climerware.com/knot.shtml
Grogono Animated Knots
Includes information on knots for boating and scouting.
http://www.grogono.com/knot/
Ian's Shoelace Site
Illustrations and instructions. Including common, faster and more secure knots. Also a section on different methods of lacing shoes.
http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/
iKnot
Sells a video showing knots and splices tied from the user's perspective. Also how to create a rope making machine.
http://iknot.net
Irish Climbing
Covers common climbing knots, including five friction knots for ascending the rope. Illustrations and common uses.
http://www.climbing.ie/knots.html
Knot Knotes
Trivia, jokes, records, projects, and games. Knot basics. Downloadable fonts.
http://whatknot.tripod.com/knots/knot.htm
Knot Knowledge
Covers single loop knots, double loop knots, hitches, friction knots, bends, and stopper knots. Step by step instructions with photos. Definitions of terminology.
http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/
Knots on the Web
A collection of knotting resources.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/knotlink.htm
New Zealand Speleological Society
Covers common caving knots including the Figure 8, Figure 9, Alpine Butterfly, Italian hitch, and Tape knot. Illustrations and common uses.
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~sglasgow//nzss/knots.htm
Notable Knot Index
New, useful, and interesting bends, loops, hitches, and knots.
http://www.geocities.com/roo_two/knotindex.html
Rec.crafts.knots FAQ
Frequently asked questions for the newsgroup, covering resources, recommendations, and links.
http://www.msen.com/~pwmeek/knots/knot-faq.html
Rope Rescue
Covers common rescue knots including the Tensionless hitch, Mariner's knot, and Inline Figure 8. Illustrations and appropriate uses.
http://www.rescue70.org/roperes.htm#Knots
Ropers Knots Pages
Index of knots with links, illustrations, and descriptions.
http://www.realknots.com/
Ropeworks
A book of knots, hitches, splicing, lashing and rope making.
http://www.northnet.org/ropeworks/index.html
Ruckus Society
Covers the Fisherman's knot, Bowline, Prusik, Water knot and several hitches. Illustrations and common uses.
http://www.ruckus.org/resources/manuals/knots/
Sailfree
Common sailing knots, including the Figure 8, Square knot, Sheet bend, Clove hitch, and Bowline. Illustrations, instructions, and common uses.
http://www.sailfree.com/Knots/knots.htm
Six Exploding Knots
Covers six knots that untie easily, including the Sliding Butterfly, Double Carrick bend, and Clove Hitch Biting a Bight. Step-by-step illustrations with instructions and a table of properties.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/explode.htm
Sophia-Antipolis Speleogical Society
Covers common caving knots including the double figure-8 on a bight and the farmer's knot. Illustrations.
http://www-sop.inria.fr/agos-sophia/sis/Techniques/knots.html
Sporting Adventures Kids Knots
Covers the Bowline, the Fisherman's, the Clove hitch, and the Blood knot. Animated with instructions. Requires Shockwave Player.
http://www.spav.com/sa/sakids/coolstuff/knots/default.html
Team Whiskers Knots
Catfishing Team. Includes information on baits, knots, rigs, tackle, recipes, and tournaments.
http://teamwhiskers.tripod.com/knots.html
The Knotting Dictionary of Kännet
Covers some common and some uncommon knots, including the Reef knot, Square knot, Sheepshank, Simple Simon Over, Monkey's Fist, and Vice Versa. Illustrations and common uses. What the knot is called in other languages. User-submitted comments.
http://www.korpegard.nu/knot/
The Lehigh Group
Covers common marine knots, plus the Hangman's knot, the Scaffold knot, and the Gallows knot. Illustrations and common uses.
http://www.lehighgroup.com/KNOTS.HTM
The Pitzen Knot
Illustrations and step-by-step instructions.
http://teosinte2.agron.missouri.edu/flyfishing/pitzen.html
The Prusik Knot
Discussion, comments, and tips regarding use for both sailing and climbing. History.
http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/prusik_knot.html
University of New England Mountaineering Club
Covers the Alpine Butterfly, Bowline, Clove hitch, and Fisherman's knot. Animation and common uses.
http://www.une.edu.au/~unemc/alpbutt.htm
USSDG Sutures
Guide to surgical knots, including sutures.
http://sutures.ussurg.com/education/knot_tying/
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