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Knots on the Web - http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/knotlink.htm
A collection of knotting resources. |
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Grog's Animated Knots - http://www.animatedknots.com/
Knots for boating, climbing, and fishing with clear animations. |
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Six Exploding Knots - http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/explode.htm
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. |
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Ropers Knots Pages - http://www.realknots.com/
Index of knots with links, illustrations, and descriptions. |
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The Prusik Knot - http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/prusik_knot.html
Discussion, comments, and tips regarding use for both sailing and climbing. History. |
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The Knotting Dictionary of Kännet - http://korpegard.se/knot/
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. |
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Climerware - http://www.climerware.com/knot.shtml
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. |
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Notable Knot Index - http://www.geocities.com/roo_two/knotindex.html
New, useful, and interesting bends, loops, hitches, and knots. |
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Ropeworks - http://www.northnet.org/ropeworks/index.html
A book of knots, hitches, splicing, lashing and rope making. |
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University of New England Mountaineering Club - http://www.une.edu.au/~unemc/alpbutt.htm
Covers the Alpine Butterfly, Bowline, Clove hitch, and Fisherman's knot. Animation and common uses. |
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Rec.crafts.knots FAQ - http://www.msen.com/~pwmeek/knots/knot-faq.html
Frequently asked questions for the newsgroup, covering resources, recommendations, and links. |
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Alrama's Knots - http://alrama.tripod.com/cgi-bin/list.pl
Animated graphics of several knots being tied. |
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Caving Knots - http://www.geocities.com/knotsforcaving/
Illustrated guide to the most commonly used knots in underground exploration. |
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Animated Knot Tying Software - http://members.aol.com/idfrank/knots.html
Downloadable demonstration software |
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Knot Knotes - http://whatknot.tripod.com/knots/knot.htm
Trivia, jokes, records, projects, and games. Knot basics. Downloadable fonts. |
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5.10 Climbing Club: Double Butterfly - http://five.ten.tripod.com/butter.htm
Explanation, illustrations, and instructions. |
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Team Whiskers Knots - http://teamwhiskers.tripod.com/knots.html
Catfishing Team. Includes information on baits, knots, rigs, tackle, recipes, and tournaments. |
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New Zealand Speleological Society - http://www.massey.ac.nz/~sglasgow//nzss/knots.htm
Covers common caving knots including the Figure 8, Figure 9, Alpine Butterfly, Italian hitch, and Tape knot. Illustrations and common uses. |
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The Lehigh Group - http://www.lehighgroup.com/KNOTS.HTM
Covers common marine knots, plus the Hangman's knot, the Scaffold knot, and the Gallows knot. Illustrations and common uses. |
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Best Knots for Fishing and Outdoors - http://www.netknots.com
Illustrations and instructions for a large number of knots used in fishing, boating and paddling. |
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Knot Tying DVD - http://www.knottyingvideo.com/
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. |
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Ian's Shoelace Site - http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/
Illustrations and instructions. Including common, faster and more secure knots. Also a section on different methods of lacing shoes. |
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Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group - http://brmrg.med.virginia.edu/knots/knots.html
Covers climbing and rescue knots including how to make a seat harness from webbing and the bowline-on-a-coil. Photos and instructions. |
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Sophia-Antipolis Speleogical Society - http://www-sop.inria.fr/agos-sophia/sis/Techniques/knots.html
Covers common caving knots including the double figure-8 on a bight and the farmer's knot. Illustrations. |
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Rope Rescue - http://www.basarc.org/papers/roperescue/RopeRescue2002.pdf
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, from cave explorers to mountain rescue personnel. |