Macrame & Knots

A French bowline is a type of double bowline that you would most often use to hoist an injured person. One adjustable loop serves as a seat and the other goes around the person's chest under the...

Workers in the food industry commonly make a corned beef knot with string. The corned beef knot gets its name for its common use in binding corned beef or other types of rolled meat.

Use a double Carrick bend to join two lines. Its use is especially common with thick or stiff cable that cannot be easily formed into the more common bends. The double Carrick bend also goes by...

A Carrick mat is actually a series of knots based on the Carrick bend and one of the easiest Turks head knots to master. It will form a flat mat which may be used as a pad or it can make a...

The standard bowline is a simple and reasonably reliable knot but is prone to capsizing when not dressed properly and can be difficult to untie. A Brummycham bowline is a variation that attempts...

A barrel hitch is so-named for its original use on barrels and supports an object from both sides and underneath. It is still commonly used on ships for raising and lowering cargo that needs to be...

The single hitch is an ancient, non-jamming knot. The simplest possible knot and unreliable when used by itself because it spills easily, although is used extensively to form other knots. The...

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...

A magnus hitch is used to tie a rope to a pole and is most often used in sailing. It is a simple friction hitch used to prevent travel in one direction along the pole. A typical application would...

A Weaver's Eight is commonly used in macrame and is commonly considered to be the best weaver knot. It is reliable, can be tied quickly and is well-suited to tying the ends of small material like...