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Alrama's Knots

Animated graphics of several knots being tied.
http://alrama.tripod.com/cgi-bin/list.pl

Ropers Knots Pages

Index of knots with links, illustrations, and descriptions.
http://www.realknots.com/

Animated Knot Tying Software

Downloadable demonstration software
http://members.aol.com/idfrank/knots.html

Ropeworks

A book of knots, hitches, splicing, lashing and rope making.
http://www.northnet.org/ropeworks/index.html

5.10 Climbing Club: Double Butterfly

Explanation, illustrations, and instructions.
http://five.ten.tripod.com/butter.htm

Team Whiskers Knots

Catfishing Team. Includes information on baits, knots, rigs, tackle, recipes, and tournaments.
http://teamwhiskers.tripod.com/knots.html

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

Knots on the Web

A collection of knotting resources.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/knotlink.htm

Irish Climbing

Covers common climbing knots, including five friction knots for ascending the rope. Illustrations and common uses.
http://www.climbing.ie/knots.html

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.
http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/

Rec.crafts.knots FAQ

Frequently asked questions for the newsgroup, covering resources, recommendations, and links.
http://www.msen.com/~pwmeek/knots/knot-faq.html
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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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

Beer Knot

Photos and instructions for tying this variant of the water knot.
http://beerknot.20m.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

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://www.korpegard.nu/knot/

Baggy's Rope Box

Covers the Angler's loop, the Fisherman's knot, and the Friendship knot. Step by step illustrations and instructions.
http://www.black-panther.org.uk/knots/index.htm

Sailfree

Common sailing knots, including the Figure 8, Square knot, Sheet bend, Clove hitch, and Bowline. Illustrations, instructions, and common uses.
http://www.sailfree.com/Knots/knots.htm

Notable Knot Index

New, useful, and interesting bends, loops, hitches, and knots.
http://www.geocities.com/roo_two/knotindex.html

The Pitzen Knot

Illustrations and step-by-step instructions.
http://teosinte2.agron.missouri.edu/flyfishing/pitzen.html

Knot Knotes

Trivia, jokes, records, projects, and games. Knot basics. Downloadable fonts.
http://whatknot.tripod.com/knots/knot.htm

Caving Knots

Illustrated guide to the most commonly used knots in underground exploration.
http://www.geocities.com/knotsforcaving/

Grogono Animated Knots

Includes information on knots for boating and scouting.
http://www.grogono.com/knot/

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/

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