Macrame & Knots

By knowing how to tie a figure eight knot, you open yourself up to being able to tie one of the most famous "Stopper Knots" there is. The Stopper Knots are useful not as a way of...

The Bowline is one of the most important knots a mariner or climber can know that someday may save their life! This knot can hold a lot of strain without ever coming undone! It is also fairly...

Need to tie something on your boat? How about a fender to the rail, or a coiled line that you want readily available? This is a good knot to secure things around your boat, garage, shed, or house!

How to tie a slip clove hitch. This is a common knot used to hold almost anything that may need to be removed quickly. We use them for sail ties and to hold our fenders on our sailboat!

Three-strand nylon line can be braided just like human hair. A braided nylon line can be used for a lifting strap, a tow strap or, if small enough line is used, decorative sennit, such as might be...

Taut line hitches have many uses, especially for tying ropes tight to secure something. Learn how to use a taut line hitch knot in this free knot tying instruction video.

The taut line hitch has many uses such as tying a tarp to trees with rope. Learn how to use a taut line hitch knot in this free knot tying instruction video.

Tying a bunt line hitch is similar to the double half hitch, but it binds a rope a little tighter. Learn how to tie a bunt line hitch knot in this free knot tying instruction video.

Taut line hitches, used to draw ropes taut, are often employed to tie tent poles or rain flaps. Learn how to tie a taut line hitch knot in this free knot tying instruction video.

The prusik knot is a double-friction hitch knot used by mountain, rock and ice climbers in the ascent. It's known as a friction hitch because while the knot slides easily upward along its cord...

A cross-Prusik knot is a variation on the standard Prusik knot. Use it to attach a belay line to an anchor line. It is a simple but secure hitch, first used by climbers, but now becoming popular...

A crossing knot may be a generic term that refers to any knot formed by the intersection of two ropes at right angles where the ends of both ropes are under a load. The term "crossing knot" also...

The bottom loaded hitch knot is used to secure one rope to another. Common in boating and rock climbing, the hitch knot usually ties an item to your existing rope in a way that allows you to it...

A bait loop is also known as a bumper knot or egg loop. It is used to tie a fishing line to a hook while securing loose bait such as an egg cluster to the hook. The bait loop is difficult to tie...

An adjustable hitch may be any loop knot used to tie a rope around an object that allows the length of the line to be adjusted while under tension. The taut-line hitch is the most common knot of...