Basic knots

[Johanna]

Fisherman's Bend: secures as end is pulled

Clove Hitch (Builder's Hitch): for fastening staging

Timber Hitch: holds w/o slipping or jamming

Sheet Bend (Weaver's Knot): used to join ropes, threads & yarns. Used on ships and in textile mills

Fisherman's Knot: strongest method of joining fine lines

Surgeon's Knot: Modified from the reef knot

Reef Knot: (Square Knot) : Should never be used as a bend

Figure 8 Knot: a temporary knot

* a "bend" is the joining of two separate ropes together

Johanna

[MatthewD]

Sweet.. thanks this could be very handy

[Pip]

I find the larks foot knot really useful especially with kids projects making pendands etc.

To use it is dead easy, punch your hole in the leather. Fold your thong/twine in half, grab the bend in the middle and push through hole, pull through 1" and pull loose ends through the loop and pull the loop tight by pulling loose ends. Ta da, pendant stays facing front.