I got a little creative and made myself a light weight bag for the ship. This was for practice and I am happy the way it turned out.

Hello everyone, I have been practicing with tying knots with the goal of tightening things I carry during travel. But I have stopped and it seems that I can't get a profound understanding or visualize how to actually properly tighten one.

It is occuring for a long time and it is frustrating, what advice can you give me?

I use Nylon rope from our construction hardware as it can be used from almost any situation at the house or outside.

Thanks 🙏

Pretty sure the boom hitch is tied incorrectly.. its possible they’re all tied incorrectly. 😄

I’ve got my computer temporarily on my dining room table and wanted to make sure it wouldn’t accidentally unplug if someone stepped on the cord so I tied this without unplugging it. Is there a name for this knot and is there a known knot that would work better for this purpose that could be tied without unplugging? Alpine butterfly seemed excessive🤷🏻‍♂️ Thanks!

I bought this and the way you adjust it is to have this extra rope so i want to knot it but i cant find anything

I am in need of a knot that will prevent a rope/strap from sliding down 2 square and smooth metal pillars, about 20cm in diameter. The rope/strap needs to be suspended approximately 15 meters between the 2 pillars, and be able to easily support a pulley with about a hundred kilos hanging in the centre of the suspended line. How can I prevent the main line from sliding down the slippery pillars?

I need to tie a rope around two of these corners, then put a carabiner on the end. Then attach between two sunken cement blocks.

Might also need to put carabiner on the ends of the ropes in the water which will be a trick water is high.

This is an artificial loon nest. The old guy that used to launch cant anymore so I'm trying to. (68). He used to take the cement blocks in but I couldn't get them up last year so tied plastic jugs on them. Don't remember how. Feeling stressed once the nest is out loons will claim it abd any disturbance might cause abandonment. So if something comes undone etc.

Tie to corner? Loop around?

Tie end to carabiner

I'm trying to tie a non-slipknot in the middle of a metal wire to hang a chandelier that is on a wire (as opposed to a chain). I want to hang it on a hook that is in the ceiling, a few feet to the right of is fixture, and don't want to have it pull laterally against the fixture (just up due to gravity), so I think it needs to have some slack in the wire to to that, and hence the knot can't slip.

Diagram: https://imgur.com/a/VqedeIW

Thanks!

I put the loop through, and pulled the excess through that loop. Now I can't pull it back.

What type of knotting is this called? Interested in finishing my necklace this way, If you guys know what it’s called then please let me know so I can just look it up.

Thank you! 🖤

Diagonal lashings, they say to finish with a clove hitch. But I'm using some tarred bank line and it's stiff with insaine friction. I should have realized the trade offs, lol. Anyway, when I finish with the clove hitch it gets tough to really tighten the flapping. To put it another way, I am able to maintain tight tension thru every single turn of the diagonal lashing, until the finish. I think I need some kind of ratcheting knot if that makes sense. Or I'll just keep Jerry rigging it, lol... hmm, second question, does the term Jerry rig come from knotting land?

After messing around with diamond knots all week I thought I'd tie a 'double wide diamond' as I couldn't find an online example. It's just a wide diamond (6 bights), doubled in the same manner as a diamond (4 bights) is doubled.

Hi,

I'm not a knot expert, but I needed to use some knots recently, and I've noticed something.

When I tie the Anchor Hitch in its standard form, it works ok, but if I do the second (and last) half hitch in the reverse direction, the knot both looks better and feels more secure. Is there a reason why it is not tied like that normally?

The same is true for the Round Turn and Two Half Hitches. If I reverse the second Half Hitch, it just feels like it's a better knot.

What am I missing?

Would really appreciate some help, the knot at the end of my jacket came undone and I don’t know how to tie it back. If anyone could point me to what type of knot or how to do it that would be greatly appreciated 🙏🏽

Hi,

I have the following tiny USB thing (yubikey nano 5c). I would like to tie a string on it so it is easier to pull out of the usb port, but it is pretty awkwardly shaped and i am not really sure if there is a knot that can do it (i know almost nothing about knots) so i thought i will ask here. The main requirement is that if i pull on the string, it should be pulling on the face that is facing the metal socket of the usb plug. It also shouldnt be able to come loose. it is fine, even preferred to needing to cut off the knot.

I'm an engineer. I tend not to memorize formula, I tend to derive them when I need them so that I inherently prove it during implementation, then I confirm with over sources.

Knots are no different than other processes, algorithms or equations I've worked with. I'm mostly interested in knots for construction.

In thst regard, I am looking for the fundamentals, I am not looking for specific knots. This is how I tend to get good at things, from guitar playing to engineering, I'd like to do the same in this realm.

What would I need to be effective at fast ad hoc knot engineering, probably something like this: 1. Over view of materials including toxicity, friction, strength, longevity outside, etc. 2. Loops 3. Tightening knots 4. Vectors of force Etc...

I don't think I can get good at knots just by memorizing 100 of them, even if I can do it fast... playing 100 songs on guitar isn't enough to be a guitarist IMHO, one has to understand the instrument and be able to play anything... we do it more fundamental pieces.

All help appreciated.

my bracelet broke and i need to fix it!! i just need to know what kind it is so i can find out how to tie it back. right where it connects the 3 different parts