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  • Knots on the Web - A collection of knotting resources.
  • 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.
  • The Lehigh Group - Covers common marine knots, plus the Hangman's knot, the Scaffold knot, and the Gallows knot. Illustrations and common uses.
  • Irish Climbing - Covers common climbing knots, including five friction knots for ascending the rope. Illustrations and common uses.
  • Sophia-Antipolis Speleogical Society - Covers common caving knots including the double figure-8 on a bight and the farmer's knot. Illustrations.
  • Beer Knot - Photos and instructions for tying this variant of the water knot.
  • University of New England Mountaineering Club - Covers the Alpine Butterfly, Bowline, Clove hitch, and Fisherman's knot. Animation and common uses.
  • 5.10 Climbing Club: Double Butterfly - Explanation, illustrations, and instructions.
  • 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.
  • Rec.crafts.knots FAQ - Frequently asked questions for the newsgroup, covering resources, recommendations, and links.
  • The Prusik Knot - Discussion, comments, and tips regarding use for both sailing and climbing. History.
  • 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.
  • Ropeworks - A book of knots, hitches, splicing, lashing and rope making.
  • 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.
  • Animated Knot Tying Software - Downloadable demonstration software
  • Baggy's Rope Box - Covers the Angler's loop, the Fisherman's knot, and the Friendship knot. Step by step illustrations and instructions.
  • Best Knots for Fishing and Outdoors - Illustrations and instructions for a large number of knots used in fishing, boating and paddling.
  • Sailfree - Common sailing knots, including the Figure 8, Square knot, Sheet bend, Clove hitch, and Bowline. Illustrations, instructions, and common uses.
  • Notable Knot Index - New, useful, and interesting bends, loops, hitches, and knots.
  • Ropers Knots Pages - Index of knots with links, illustrations, and descriptions.
  • Team Whiskers Knots - Catfishing Team. Includes information on baits, knots, rigs, tackle, recipes, and tournaments.
  • Alrama's Knots - Animated graphics of several knots being tied.
  • Ian's Shoelace Site - Illustrations and instructions. Including common, faster and more secure knots. Also a section on different methods of lacing shoes.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The Pitzen Knot - Illustrations and step-by-step instructions.
  • Knot Knotes - Trivia, jokes, records, projects, and games. Knot basics. Downloadable fonts.
  • Caving Knots - Illustrated guide to the most commonly used knots in underground exploration.
  • Knot Tying DVD - Sells a video (VHS/DVD) showing 47 knots and 6 splices tied from the user's perspective. Also gives information on making and caring for ropes. Language and Subtitle options: English/Spanish.
  • Grog's Animated Knots - Knots for boating, climbing, and fishing with clear animations.
  • Surgeon's Encyclopedia of Knots - Types of knots, techniques, special surgeon's knots, suture materials, and selected terms.
  • Rope Rescue - Presentation paper which exposes new students to safe, basic rope rescue fundamentals. Advanced students gain knowledge of proper techniques. All experiences are based on current testing and review the techniques of application used by different groups,
  • Ruckus Society - Short climbers' knots manual.
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