356 Knots from A to Z
Knot tying is easy and fun if you can just commit the steps to memory. With over 300 different knots to learn that can be quite the daunting task.
Click on one of the knots from the list below to see an in-depth video of how to tie it.
Adjustable Hitch |
Alberto Knot |
Albright Knot |
Albright Special (Improved Albright) |
Alpine Butterfly Bend |
Alpine Butterfly Knot |
Alpine Butterfly Loop |
Alpine Coil (Climbing) |
Anchor Bend |
Anchor Hitch (Climbing) |
Angler’s Loop (Fishing) |
Arbor Knot |
Ashley Bend |
Ashley Stopper Knot (Oysterman’s Stopper) |
Australian Braid |
Australian Plait |
Autoblock |
Awning Hitch |
Bachmann Knot |
Back Splice |
Backup Knot |
Baja Knot |
Barrel Hitch |
Barrel Sling |
Basket Hitch |
Becket Hitch |
Beer Knot |
Bellringer’s Knot |
Berkley Braid Knot |
Better Bow Knot |
Bimini Twist |
Blake’s Hitch |
Blood Knot |
Bobber Stopper Knot |
Boom Hitch |
Bowline |
Braid Single Rope |
Braid Three Strands (1) |
Braid Three Strands (2) |
Bristol Knot |
Brummel Demo |
Brummel Splice |
Brummel, McDonald Method |
Bunny Ears (Double Figure 8) |
Buntline Hitch |
Butcher’s Knot (Corned Beef Knot) |
Butterfly Coil |
Carrick Bend (Pretzel Knot) |
Carrick Bend Mat |
Celtic Knot |
Centauri Knot |
Chain Sinnet (Stitch) |
Chain Splice |
Child’s Swing |
Cleat Hitch |
Cleat Hitch (Deck) |
Cleat Hitch (Halyard) |
Climbing Net |
Clinch Knot (Improved) |
Clothesline Hitch |
Clove Hitch |
Clove Hitch using End |
Clove Hitch using Half Hitches |
Clove Hitch using Loops |
Cobra Lanyard Knot |
Common Whipping |
Constrictor by Folding |
Constrictor by Twisting |
Constrictor Knot |
Constrictor Using End |
Constrictor Whipping |
Cow Hitch (Lark’s Head) |
Cow Hitch Using End |
Cow Hitch Using Loops |
Crown |
Crown Sinnet |
Curtain Tie Back |
D-Loop (Archery) |
Daisy Chain |
Davy Knot |
Diagonal Lashing |
Diamond Knot |
Directional Figure 8 Loop |
Distel Hitch |
Double Alpine Butterfly |
Double Bowline |
Double Davy Knot |
Double Fisherman |
Double Matthew Walker |
Double Overhand Noose |
Double Overhand Stopper |
Double Sheet Bend |
Double Throw Knot |
Double Uni Knot |
Drapery Tie Back |
Drop Shot Rig |
Dropper Loop |
Duncan (Uni) Knot |
Easy Snell Knot |
Egg Loop Knot |
Electrician’s Knot |
Emergency Harness |
Eskimo Bowline |
EStar Hitch |
EStar Stopper |
Euro-Death Knot |
Evenk Hitch |
Eye Crosser Knot |
Eye Splice |
Farmer’s Loop |
Farrimond Friction Hitch |
FG Knot |
Fiador Knot |
Fieggen Shoelace Knot |
Figure 8 |
Figure 8 Bend (Rope Join) |
Figure 8 Coil |
Figure 8 Flake, (Non Tangle) |
Figure 8 Follow Through Loop |
Figure 8 Loop |
Figure 8 Loop, Directional Figure 8 Double Loop Knot |
Figure 8 on a Bight |
Figure 9 Loop |
Figure Eight |
Fireman’s Coil |
Fish N Fool Knot |
Fisherman’s Hitch |
Flat Overhand Bend |
Flemish Bend (Rope Join) |
Flemish Flake (Spiral Coil) |
Flemish Knot |
Four-in-Hand Tie |
French Prusik |
French Sinnet One |
French Sinnet Two |
French Whipping |
Friendship Knot, Diamond |
Gasket Coil |
Girth (Strap) Hitch |
Gnat Hitch |
Granny Knot |
Grapevine Bend |
Grinner Knot |
Grog Sling |
Grog’s Sliding Splice |
Half Hitch |
Half Knot |
Half Windsor Tie |
Halter Hitch |
Halyard Hitch |
Handcuff Knot |
Harvester’s Hitch |
Harvey Dry Fly Knot |
Hasty Webbing Harness |
Haymaker’s Hitch |
Haywire Twist |
Heaving Line Knot |
Highwayman’s Hitch |
Homer Rhode Loop Knot |
Honda Knot |
Howard Constrictor |
Hunter’s Bend |
Icicle Hitch |
Icicle Hitch Using End |
Icicle Hitch Using Loop |
Improved Clinch |
Improved Clinch Knot |
Inline Figure 8 Loop |
Italian Hitch |
J Knot |
Jansik Special |
King Sling |
Klemheist |
Klemheist Knot |
Knot Tyer Nail Knot |
Knotless Knot |
Knute Hitch |
Kreh Loop |
Lanyard (Cow) Hitch |
Lanyard Knot, Cobra |
Lanyard Knot, Diamond |
Lark’s Head |
Left Handed Bowline |
Ligature (Instrument) |
Ligature (One Hand) |
Ligature (Two Hand) |
Lighterman’s Hitch |
Lineman’s Loop |
Lock for Shoelace Knot |
Long Bury Splice |
Long Splice |
Loop to Loop Join |
Loop To Loop Knot |
Lorry Knot |
Machard |
Machard Tresse |
Magnus Hitch |
Manrope Knot |
Marl |
Marlinspike Hitch |
Masthead Knot Mat |
Matthew Walker (Double) |
Midshipman’s Hitch |
Monkey Braid |
Monkey Fist |
Mooring Hitch |
Mooring Line Stopper |
Mountaineer’s Coil |
Munter Hitch |
Munter Mule Combination |
Nail Knot |
Nanofil Knot |
Net Making |
Non-Slip Mono |
Non-Slip Loop Knot |
Noose Knot |
Ocean Plait Mat |
Offshore Swivel Knot |
One Handed Bowline |
One Handed Ligature |
One Handed Surgical Tie |
Orvis Knot |
Overhand Knot |
Ovris Knot |
Oysterman’s Stopper Knot |
Packer’s Knot |
Palomar Knot |
Perfection Loop |
Pile Hitch |
Pitzen Knot |
Poacher’s Knot |
Portuguese Sinnet |
Power Cinch Knot |
Pratt Tie |
Prusik Hitch |
Prusik Knot |
Prusik Loop |
Quick Hitch |
Quick Release Hitch |
Rapala Knot |
Rapala Knot Rat-Tail Stopper |
Reef Knot |
Reverse Clinch Knot |
Riffle Hitch |
Right Angle Rig |
Ring Bend |
Rolling Bend |
Rolling Hitch |
Rope Care and Cleaning |
Rope Ladder |
Rope Sling |
Round Lashing |
Round Turn 2 Half Hitches |
Running Bowline |
Safety Belt Hitch |
Safety Knot |
Sailmaker’s Whipping |
Sailor’s Whipping |
Sailors Coil |
San Diego Jam Knot |
Scaffold Knot |
Schwabisch Hitch |
Seaguar Knot |
Shear Lashing |
Sheepshank |
Sheet Bend |
Shelby Tie |
Shoelace Bow |
Short Splice |
Siberian Hitch |
Sinnet #2974 |
Sliding Double Fisherman’s |
Slim Beauty Knot |
Slip Knot |
Slipped Buntline |
Slippery Eight Loop |
Snell Knot |
Snell Knot Uni |
Soft Shackle |
Soft Shackle Edwards |
Soft Shackle Stronger |
Solomon Bar |
Spanish Bowline |
Spider Hitch |
Square (Reef) Knot |
Square Lashing |
Square Sinnet |
Stevedore Stopper Knot |
Stopper Knot |
Stopper Loop |
Strangle Knot (End) |
Strangle Knot (Loop) |
Strangle Snare |
Strap Hitch |
Strike Indicator Double Uni |
Strike Indicator Loop Knot |
Super Munter |
Surgeon’s Knot (Fishing) |
Surgeon’s Loop (Fishing) |
Surgical Constr Around Forceps |
Surgical Constr Instrument |
Surgical Constr Retrieve |
Surgical Constr Slide Down |
Surgical Knot (Medical) |
Surgical Tie Instrument |
Surgical Tie One Hand |
Surgical Tie Slip Knot |
Surgical Tie Two Hand |
Tautline Hitch |
Tautline Hitch To Rope |
Tenkara Level Line |
Tenkara Traditional Line |
Tensionless Hitch |
Theodore Knot |
Thief Knot |
Timber Hitch |
Transom Knot |
Trilene Knot |
Triple Fisherman’s |
Triple Sliding Hitch |
Tripod Lashing |
Trucker’s Hitch |
Trucker’s Quick Method |
Tugboat Hitch |
Tumble Hitch |
Turk’s Head |
Turle Knot |
Two Half Hitches |
Two Handed Ligature |
Two Handed Surgical Tie |
Underwriter’s Knot |
Uni Knot |
Valdotain Tresse |
Wagoner’s Hitch |
Wall and Crown |
Wall Knot |
Water Bowline |
Water Knot |
Weaver’s Knot |
Webbing Harness |
West Country Whipping |
Willis Knot |
Windsor Tie |
Woggle |
World Fair Knot |
Yosemite Bowline |
Yosemite Tie Off |
Yucatan Knot |
Zeppelin Bend |
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