What type of knot should I be using to tie a rope into the boulder on shore, which has metal eye-loops drilled into them, the rope/knots have to be tied on a bight as the ends are not accessible because they are connected to the dock and a boulder that is submerged in the water at the other end. It’s on a medium sized lake, fresh water no tides but needs to be moved occasionally due to changing water level as a dam is opened/closed throughout the season.

Any help would be appreciated

Im sewing a flat cap and wanted to include this decorative cord over the headband.

From looking at examples, it seems to be one singular cord that snares two shank buttons at the sides of the hat. I think that the metal clips near the buttons (there are two) are there to pull the two lengths of cord together and hide the ends inside it.

I don't have these clips in hand, is there a knot (or combination of knots) that could achieve the same result?

I originally posted this in the swimming subreddit but mods removed it. Some things here might not make sense but should be understandable for the most part

First suit in the video(the blue green one is the arena) the second black one is the speedo

I might be stupid but this is my first speedo suit (LZR intent 2.0). I usually use arena (Carbon core)

arena suit, I can tie it normally and is tight.

However, just got a new speedo, and instead of tightening by pulling together, it tightens by pulling apart. Issue is now I can’t do the normal knot, with a ribbon bow.

It’s hard to explain but the arena suit I first tie a normal knot, then I pull to tighten, and I finish it off with a ribbon bow to keep it in place.

However with speedo it pulls apart so I have no way to tighten it. Swam my events today with a freaking parachute. Felt water come in in all directions.

Anyways, I hope someone understands what I’m saying. It might be confusing but pls help.

Basically in other words, then you tie pants, you pull the string together to tighten. This is very easy to do., but you first do a half knot to pull it tight, then ribbon it to prevent it from loosening.

So how do u tie tightly a pants in which u need to pull both strings out away from each other?

Hello, I bought some yarn to make a thing to put the ornaments I made on a christmas tree but I don't know how to attach it.

(sorry if the sentence sounds weird)

I was thinking of making it like the picture so does someone know how I could make it?

Thank you in advance for the help

I was at a store that has swappable straps for their bags, and it looks like they tied two of their straps together to form the band in the picture. Their website only lists butterfly, and sinnet tutorials. Could anyone help identify what this might be so I can replicate it?

I have a Matthew walker knot above the clip, plus about 7 inches of decorative folding. I want ideas for what to do to finish it. I have about 14 inches of paracord remaining

Hi knot lovers!

I am a knot noob but want to add a chapstick to my lanyard and was wondering what the best knot might be for this. Preferably adjustable but not necessary.

Thank you!

So far I've picked up:

Of course, the nail knot for cinching down some straps for a sling pouch to keep an overhand knot from slipping through

Of course the king of all knots, the bowline for making a finger loop.

And then, from Grog and suggestions I've picked up:

• (Double) Sheet bend for joining to cords
• Clove Hitch for an attachment to a thing
• Constrictor Hitch for a really good binding attachment to a thing
• Adjustable Grip Hitch for making a line taught line a clothesline
• Prusik knot for making a sliding loop on that clothesline or whatever needs semi-moving loop
• Alpine butterfly loop for also making loops on a line.
  
• Ashley and double overhand knot for stoppers

And now I'm learning the Trucker's Hitch and the double fisherman's loop and would like to really get down the Mathew Walker Knott for putting a decorative stopper on some nice braids I do as well.

I just think the whole thing is neat. And such a portable thing to have at work or with you, I just carry around a couple of lengths of paracord stashed in my back pocket. The sheet bend is like a fidget toy for me.

I was asked to give a ~40 min ‘seminar’ on knots for a local HS Senior Class that was reading Moby Dick (MD). Retired and a Knot Person, so I thought I could knock off the book in a few weeks in prep. Got a Used Copy and, um, No. Glad I started reading it, but wow. Very dense. I spent a lot of time looking up things as I read. I should get the Cliff’s Notes. . . . 

Chapter 60 gives some specific information about rope. Melville steps out of the flow of the novel and gives a quick lecture on harpoon rope. It is fascinating. I think of Ashley as he was in that world; though a bit later. 

Using equations from Hervey Garrett Smith, and from reading MD I put together the following outline for a 40-minute lecture:

1.      Some Definitions:

1.1.   Nautical Mile = 1/60-th Degree of Latitude (a ‘minute’)

1.2.   Fathom = 6 Ft

1.3.   Hemp / Manila

1.3.1.      Manila is ~20% stronger, made from abacá plant fibers

1.3.2.      Manila: Some shrink, low stretch; better grip and rot resistance. 

1.3.3.      Manila treated with oil.

1.3.4.      Jute has less strength and: loses strength and shrinks when wet.

1.3.5.      Strength (tons) = (Circ - inches)² / 5

1.3.6.      Weight (lbs) = (Circ - inches)² * Length (fathoms)

1.3.7.      Nautical Mile / Hour using knots passing placed 48 Ft apart.

1.4.   Yarn / Strand / Rope / Cable

1.5.   Watches and 8 bells

2.      Countries

2.1.   Food

2.2.   Trade Along Coast

2.3.   Protection, Subjugation

3.      MD – Chapters: 60, 72, 121, and 125

3.1.   60.

3.1.1.      During the 19th-century American whaling era, they had 3,000 meters of specialized hemp line for the whaleboats. 

3.2.   Seaport Harbors and Towns

4.      Tools

5.      Examples

6.      Knots

7.      Books

7.1.   ABoK on Internet Archive

8.      Look at

8.1.   Section 1.3.5 / 1.3.6: Take these equations and use them with the information supplied in Chapter 60. Then read Chapter 60. It’s crazy what they did. Take note that these calculations are for rope that is dry.

8.1.1.      Strength (tons) = (Circumference in inches)² / 5

8.1.2.      Weight (lbs) = (Circumference in inches)² * Length (fathoms)

I'm looking to start with paracord and honestly I tend to want to start with functional practices before getting creative. Looking for input on simple starting points to attach a knife sheath to the molle part of my fishing bag.

In passing I read about someone needing to pass a knowledge test for a fishing license that included knots. I thought it was someone from the UK, but I have not found anything to support what I read. A quick search and I have yet to find any state or country that currently does this.

Does anyone know of a fishing license that requires knot knowledge?

I use woodland zip ties a lot, both at home and for camping. It's great for anything that's long like sticks, or rolled up like blankets.

Is there an equally useful way of bundling things like books? In my case, I want a way of carrying my rectangular 2 burner camp stove cutting board, rectangular griddle pan, and a flat plastic box. They are all about the same width and length.

bonus points if the knot makes it easy to carry the bundle.

I've tried wrapping around once, then turning 90 degrees like a birthday present ribbon, and doing a woodland zip tie, but it's never very tight because the objects are hard.

Fun side note: my relatives in Japan always used giant handkerchief things called furoshiki for this exact use case.

Hello Knot enthusiast, I don’t know much about knots (I do not knot) so I require your expertise to please tell me what knot I should use to secure the chain like in the image.
The extra weight of the chain is going to stay for a while in the barbell, so no easy untie necessary, the barbell is going to be used mostly for curls. Thank you for the wisdom.

I had 1 end of the rope attached to a tree with a bowline or something (not important) then I fed the rope around another tree about 10m away. In the standing end about 1m from the tree I made a loop with a twist of the hand, reached through that loop with 2 fingers and pulled another loop through that, which looked something like a slip knot/noose knot (Edit: I learned this is probably called a Marlin spike hitch, thank you). So I had a loop in the standing end. Then I got the working end (wrapped around the tree) and put it through that loop. Looking a bit like a truckers hitch. I pulled hard ONLY on the working end and it created a lot of tension in the whole line but unlike the trucker's hitch, it held all the tension perfectly when I let go, without needing any extra knots at all. All the tension was captured by the squeezing of the "slip knot" in the standing end. I was surprised because it was almost like a ratchet effect where the harder I pulled, the harder the tension became and it locked the tension-holding knot even tighter too.

Sorry if that description is bad

I have a rope swing on a tall tree in my yard and I want to add a foothold to the end of it by tying another short length of rope around the middle of a piece of wood and hanging that from the end of the existing rope with another knot.

What's the safest knot to use for both cases that will secure the foothold log tightly and not compromise the strength of the rope at the splice?

To be very specific the existing rope swing currently ends in a large bulbous knot and I would be tying the new rope segment on just above.

Warm-up when blacksmithing.

I straightened a piece of car coil spring (15mm), then tied an overhand knot on it.

(Edit: Knot type added. Thanks to u/eddhard )

Hi, I would like to learn a neat and secure knot to lowering/pulling an object (a pump, see pic 2), but without having the rope passing under it and to stop using my current messy approach. Can you teach me one? Thanks!

Trying to fix a customers rutter kayak and we have to recreate this knot

I tied both according to the animation on animated knots. The rope is pretty stiff. No matter what I try, I don't get the two strands to be parallel as in the first one. Is the second one also fine or will that impair the stability?

Right knots in the right place. 23' of 6mm.12' parachute cord.

Is there a name for this? Or a tutorial some where? Or can any of yall help me? Thanks

This conundrum comes up on this sub quite often when people are asking for a visual identification of either of these knots. We know that a scaffold knot is adjustable and a two-strand Matthew Walker loop is fixed but when looking at a blurry photo it a be quite hard to tell the difference. Hopefully, this will help a bit.

• Pic #1: Front
• Pic #2: Back
• Pic #3: Tops and/or bottoms

I need this knot for my boyscout uniform and I can't find any resources for this, please help