The Most Useful Rope Knots
for the Average Person to Know

Knots Index




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If you have never visited this website before then I would recommend that you begin at the Home Page. It explains that the type of rope you use, the age of the rope, the wear and tear on the rope, the types of knots you tie, whether you tied the knots properly or not, whether you "dressed" the knots properly or not, whether you "set" the knots properly or not, and so on, all have an impact on the Safe Working Load of your rope and the security of the knots you tie. Whatever risks are associated with the rope or string that you use and the knots that you tie, remember that the risks are entirely your own.

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Knots Index

This is a complete index of all of the knots at this website, and there are two ways to view this information:

  1. By ABOK # (based on Clifford Ashley's The Ashley Book Of Knots)

  2. By Category:

 

 

 

Knots Index by ABOK #

If you want to create a link directly to any of the following knots, use the ABOK # in your link.
For example, to create a link to the Axle Hitch (ABOK #162), use the following address:
http://www.Layhands.com/Knots/Knots_KnotsIndex.htm#162

ABOK
#
Commonly Known As Picture
162 Axle Hitch
200 Scaffold Hitch
271,
1733
Kelleg Hitch,
Killick Hitch,
Timber Hitch and Half Hitch
516 Double Overhand Knot
519 Overhand Knot,
Thumb Knot
520 Figure Eight Knot
526 Ashley's Stopper Knot,
Oysterman's Stopper
529 Slip Knot
600 Chinese Button
787 Knife Lanyard
1009 Overhand Loop
1010 Bowline
1012 Water Bowline
1013 Double Bowline,
Double-Knotted Bowline,
Round Turn Bowline
1017,
1035 
Angler's Loop,
Perfection Loop
1024 Bowstring Knot,
Honda Knot
1032 Square Knot
1034.5 Cowboy Bowline,
Dutch Marine Bowline,
Left-Hand Bowline
1035,
1017 
Angler's Loop,
Perfection Loop
1047 Figure-Eight on a Bight,
Figure-Eight Loop,
Flemish Loop
1050 Artillery Loop,
Harness Loop,
Manharness Loop
1053 Alpine Butterfly,
Butterfly Loop,
Lineman's Loop
1058 Directional Figure-Eight Knot,
Inline Figure-Eight Loop,
Single Bowline on the Bight
1072 French Bowline,
Portuguese Bowline
1080 Bowline on the Bight
1085 Double Figure-Eight Loop
1087 Spanish Bowline
1097 Three-Part Crown in the Bight,
Triple Crown
1100 ABOK #1100,
Double Splayed Loop in the Bight
1117 Running Bowline
1142 Jug Sling Hitch
1152 Sheep Shank
1178 Clove Hitch
1189 Constrictor Knot
1214 Shoelace Knots  
1306 Turk's Head Knots
1402 Reef Knot,
Square Knot
1410 Overhand Bend
1411 Figure-Eight Bend,
Flemish Bend
1412 Ring Knot,
Tape Knot,
Water Knot
1414 Fisherman's Knot,
True Lover's Knot,
Water Knot
1415 Double Fisherman's Knot,
Grapevine Knot
1431 Sheet Bend
1434 Double Sheet Bend
1439 Carrick Bend
1452 ABOK #1452,
The Ashley Bend
1455 Bowline Bend
1665 Timber Hitch
1673 Cow Hitch,
Lark's Head Hitch,
Lanyard Hitch
1681 Magnus Hitch,
Rolling Hitch
1694,
2168 
Bale Sling Hitch,
Cow Hitch and Bowline,
Strap Hitch
1710 Two Half Hitches
1711 Buntline Hitch
1720 Round Turn and Two Half Hitches
1723,
1841 
Anchor Bend,
Fisherman's Bend
1730 Midshipman's Hitch,
Tautline Hitch
1733,
271   
Kelleg Hitch,
Killick Hitch,
Timber Hitch and Half Hitch
1815 Pile Hitch
1841,
1723 
Anchor Bend,
Fisherman's Bend
2030 Marlingspike Hitch
2168,
1694 
Bale Sling Hitch,
Cow Hitch and Bowline,
Strap Hitch
2176,
2177 
Barrel Hitch
2202 Monkey's Fist  
2436 Good Luck Knot,
Shamrock Knot
2496 Portuguese Sinnet,
Solomon Bar
2868 Chain Plait,
Chain Sinnet,
Chain Stitch

 

 

Knots Index by Category:

Single Loops

If you want to create a link directly to any of the following knots, use the Hyperlink Name in your link.
For example, to create a link to the Double Dragon (Hyperlink Name aaa), use the following address:
http://www.Layhands.com/Knots/Knots_KnotsIndex.htm#aaa

Commonly Known As ABOK
#
Hyperlink
Name
Picture
Alpine Butterfly,
Butterfly Loop,
Lineman's Loop
1053 1053
Bowline 1010 1010
Double Dragon   aaa
Double-Knotted Bowline,
Double Bowline,
Round Turn Bowline
1013 1013
Figure-Eight Loop,
Figure-Eight on a Bight,
Flemish Loop
1047 1047
Inline Figure-Eight Loop,
Directional Figure-Eight Knot,
Single Bowline on the Bight
1058 1058
Left-Hand Bowline,
Dutch Marine Bowline,
Cowboy Bowline
1034.5 1034.5
Artillery Loop,
Harness Loop,
Manharness Loop
1050 1050
Overhand Loop 1009 1009
Perfection Loop,
Angler's Loop
1017,
1035 
1017
or 1035
Tugboat Bowline,
Flying Bowline
  aab
Water Bowline 1012 1012

 

 

Knots Index by Category:

Double Loops

If you want to create a link directly to any of the following knots, use the Hyperlink Name in your link.
For example, to create a link to the Birmingham Bowline (Hyperlink Name aac), use the following address:
http://www.Layhands.com/Knots/Knots_KnotsIndex.htm#aac

Commonly Known As ABOK
#
Hyperlink
Name
Picture
Double Splayed Loop in the Bight,
ABOK #1100
1100 1100
Birmingham Bowline   aac
Bowline on the Bight 1080 1080
Double Alpine Butterfly   aad
Double Double Dragon   aae
Double Figure-Eight Loop 1085 1085
French Bowline,
Portuguese Bowline
1072 1072
Spanish Bowline 1087 1087
Triple Crown,
Three-Part Crown in the Bight
1097 1097

 

 

Knots Index by Category:

Triple Loops

If you want to create a link directly to any of the following knots, use the Hyperlink Name in your link.
For example, to create a link to the Birmingham Bowline (Hyperlink Name aaf), use the following address:
http://www.Layhands.com/Knots/Knots_KnotsIndex.htm#aaf

Commonly Known As ABOK
#
Hyperlink
Name
Picture
Birmingham Bowline   aaf
French Bowline,
Portuguese Bowline
1072 1072
Triple Alpine Butterfly   aag
Triple Bowline   aah
Triple Double Dragon   aai
Triple Figure-Eight Loop   aaj

 

 

Knots Index by Category:

Hitches

If you want to create a link directly to any of the following knots, use the Hyperlink Name in your link.
For example, to create a link to the Adjustable Grip Hitch (Hyperlink Name aak), use the following address:
http://www.Layhands.com/Knots/Knots_KnotsIndex.htm#aak

Commonly Known As ABOK
#
Hyperlink
Name
Picture
Adjustable Grip Hitch   aak
Back Hand Hitch 1725 1725
Buntline Hitch 1711 1711
Clove Hitch 1178 1178
Constrictor Knot 1189 1189
Fisherman's Bend,
Anchor Bend
1723,
1841 
1723
or 1841
Highwayman's Hitch   aal
Lark's Head Hitch,
Cow Hitch,
Lanyard Hitch
1673 1673
Pile Hitch 1815 1815
Rolling Hitch,
Magnus Hitch
1681 1681
Round Turn and Two Half Hitches 1720 1720
Sailor's Gripping Hitch   aam
Sliding Sheet Bend   aan
Tarbuck Knot   aao
Tautline Hitch,
Midshipman's Hitch
1730 1730
Two Half Hitches 1710 1710

 

 

Knots Index by Category:

Bends

(and other ways of tying ropes together)

If you want to create a link directly to any of the following knots, use the Hyperlink Name in your link.
For example, to create a link to the Alpine Butterfly Bend (Hyperlink Name aaq), use the following address:
http://www.Layhands.com/Knots/Knots_KnotsIndex.htm#aaq

Commonly Known As ABOK
#
Hyperlink
Name
Picture
Adjustable Grip Hitches (Interlocked)   aap
Alpine Butterfly Bend   aaq
The Ashley Bend,
ABOK #1452
1452 1452
Bowline Bend 1455 1455
Carrick Bend 1439 1439
Double Dragon Bend   aar
Double Fisherman's Knot,
Grapevine Knot,
Double English Knot
1415 1415
Double Sheet Bend 1434 1434
Figure-Eight Bend,
Flemish Bend
1411 1411
Fisherman's Knot,
Water Knot,
Angler's Knot,
English Knot,
Englishman's Knot,
True Lover's Knot,
Waterman's Knot
1414 1414
Hunter's Bend,
Rigger's Bend
  aas
Overhand Bend 1410 1410
Reef Knot,
Square Knot
1402 1402
Ring Knot,
Water Knot,
Tape Knot
1412 1412
Sheet Bend 1431 1431
Zeppelin Bend,
Rosendahl's Bend
  aat

 

 

Knots Index by Category:

Miscellaneous Knots

If you want to create a link directly to any of the following knots, use the Hyperlink Name in your link.
For example, to create a link to the Blimp Knot (Hyperlink Name aau), use the following address:
http://www.Layhands.com/Knots/Knots_KnotsIndex.htm#aau

Commonly Known As ABOK
#
Hyperlink
Name
Picture
Ashley's Stopper Knot,
Oysterman's Stopper
526 526
Axle Hitch 162 162
Bale Sling Hitch,
Strap Hitch,
Cow Hitch and Bowline
1694,
2168 
1694
or 2168
Barrel Hitch 2176,
2177 
2176
Blimp Knot   aau
Double Overhand Knot 516 516
Figure Eight Knot 520 520
Honda Knot,
Bowstring Knot
1024 1024
Jug Sling Hitch 1142 1142
Killick Hitch,
Kelleg Hitch,
Timber Hitch and Half Hitch
271,
1733
271
or 1733
Marlingspike Hitch 2030 2030
Overhand Knot,
Thumb Knot
519 519
Reef Knot,
Square Knot
1402 1402
Running Bowline 1117 1117
Scaffold Hitch 200 200
Sheep Shank 1152 1152
Shoelace Knots 1214 1214  
Slip Knot 529 529
Timber Hitch 1665 1665
Trucker's Hitch   aav

 

 

Knots Index by Category:

Decorative Knots

If you want to create a link directly to any of the following knots, use the Hyperlink Name in your link.
For example, to create a link to the Blimp Knot (Hyperlink Name aaw), use the following address:
http://www.Layhands.com/Knots/Knots_KnotsIndex.htm#aaw

Commonly Known As ABOK
#
Hyperlink
Name
Picture
Blimp Knot   aaw
Braid Knot   aax
Chain Stitch,
Chain Plait,
Chain Sinnet
2868 2868
Chinese Button 600 600
Dragonfly   aay
Good Luck Knot,
Shamrock Knot
2436 2436
Jug Sling Hitch 1142 1142
Knife Lanyard 787 787
Monkey's Fist 2202 2202  
Portuguese Sinnet,
Solomon Bar
2496 2496
Square Knot 1032 1032
Turk's Head Knots 1306 1306

 

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"The Most Useful Rope Knots for the Average Person to Know -- Knots Index"
URL: http://www.Layhands.com/Knots/Knots_KnotsIndex.htm

Modification History
11/17/2006: Added a link to my new page called "Dave's Websites."
11/02/2005: Added a Hyperlink Name for each knot that does not have an ABOK #.
10/18/2005: Instead of using the pictures as links, now it uses the knot names as links. This should be more intuitive, especially if someone else creates a link which points to a specific knot on this page.
10/17/2005: New article.

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