Knots

» 5.10 Climbing Club: Double Butterfly
   Explanation, illustrations, and instructions.

   
   http://five.ten.tripod.com/butter.htm

» Alrama's Knots
   Animated graphics of several knots being tied.

   
   http://alrama.tripod.com/cgi-bin/list.pl

» Animated Knot Tying Software
   Downloadable demonstration software

   
   http://members.aol.com/idfrank/knots.html

» Best Knots for Fishing and Outdoors
   Illustrations and instructions for a large number of knots used in fishing, boating and paddling.

   
   http://www.netknots.com

» 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.

   
   http://brmrg.med.virginia.edu/knots/knots.html

» Caving Knots
   Illustrated guide to the most commonly used knots in underground exploration.

   
   http://www.geocities.com/knotsforcaving/

» 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.

   
   http://www.climerware.com/knot.shtml

» Grog's Animated Knots
   Knots for boating, climbing, and fishing with clear animations.

   
   http://www.animatedknots.com/

» Ian's Shoelace Site
   Illustrations and instructions. Including common, faster and more secure knots. Also a section on different methods of lacing shoes.

   
   http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/

» Knot Knotes
   Trivia, jokes, records, projects, and games. Knot basics. Downloadable fonts.

   
   http://whatknot.tripod.com/knots/knot.htm

» 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.

   
   http://www.knottyingvideo.com/

» Knots on the Web
   A collection of knotting resources.

   
   http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/knotlink.htm

» 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.

   
   http://www.massey.ac.nz/~sglasgow//nzss/knots.htm

» Notable Knot Index
   New, useful, and interesting bends, loops, hitches, and knots.

   
   http://www.geocities.com/roo_two/knotindex.html

» Rec.crafts.knots FAQ
   Frequently asked questions for the newsgroup, covering resources, recommendations, and links.

   
   http://www.msen.com/~pwmeek/knots/knot-faq.html

» Ropers Knots Pages
   Index of knots with links, illustrations, and descriptions.

   
   http://www.realknots.com/

» Ropeworks
   A book of knots, hitches, splicing, lashing and rope making.

   
   http://www.northnet.org/ropeworks/index.html

» Ruckus Society
   Short climbers' knots manual.

   
   http://ruckus.org/article.php?list=type&type=21

» 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.

   
   http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/explode.htm

» Sophia-Antipolis Speleogical Society
   Covers common caving knots including the double figure-8 on a bight and the farmer's knot. Illustrations.

   
   http://www-sop.inria.fr/agos-sophia/sis/Techniques/knots.html

» Team Whiskers Knots
   Catfishing Team. Includes information on baits, knots, rigs, tackle, recipes, and tournaments.

   
   http://teamwhiskers.tripod.com/knots.html

» 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.

   
   http://korpegard.se/knot/

» The Lehigh Group
   Covers common marine knots, plus the Hangman's knot, the Scaffold knot, and the Gallows knot. Illustrations and common uses.

   
   http://www.lehighgroup.com/KNOTS.HTM

» The Prusik Knot
   Discussion, comments, and tips regarding use for both sailing and climbing. History.

   
   http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/prusik_knot.html

» University of New England Mountaineering Club
   Covers the Alpine Butterfly, Bowline, Clove hitch, and Fisherman's knot. Animation and common uses.

   
   http://www.une.edu.au/~unemc/alpbutt.htm