List of knots

A

• Adjustable bend – can be easily lengthened or shortened
• Adjustable grip hitch – a simple hitch which may easily be shifted up and down the rope while slack
• Albright special – used to tie two different diameters of line together, for instance to tie monofilament to braid
• Alpine Butterfly - a static loop mostly used by mountain climbers and rappellers for securing a carabiner to static rope.
• Alternate ring hitching – covering a ring in hitching can prevent damage
• Anchor bend – attaching a rope to a ring or similar termination
• Angler's loop – knot which forms a fixed loop. Useful for fine or slippery line, it is one of the few loop knots which holds well in bungee cord.
• Arbor knot – attach fishing line to the arbor of a fishing reel
• Artillery loop a.k.a. manharness knot – a knot with a loop on the bight for non-critical purposes
• Ashley's bend – used to securely join the ends of two ropes together
• Ashley's stopper knot – trefoil-faced stopper at the end of the rope
• Axle hitch – used to tie a hitch in a hard-to-reach place

  B

• Bachmann knot – friction hitch useful when the knot needs to be reset quickly/often
• Bag knot – binding knot used to secure the opening of a sack or bag
• Bait loop – secures soft or loose bait in fishing
• Bale sling hitch – continuous loop of strap to form a cow hitch around an object
• Barrel hitch – suspends an object
• Barrel knot – joins sections of monofilament nylon line while maintaining much of the line's inherent strength
• Barrel sling – suspends an object
• Basket weave knot – a family of bend and lanyard knots with a regular pattern
• Becket hitch – any hitch made on an eye loop
• Beer knot – bend used in tubular webbing as in slings used in rock climbing
• Bimini twist – fishing knot used for offshore trolling and sportsfishing
• Blackwall hitch – temporary means of attaching a rope to a hook
• Blake's hitch – friction hitch commonly used by arborists and tree climbers as an ascending knot
• Blood knot – joins sections of monofilament nylon line while maintaining much of the line's inherent strength
• Blood loop knot – forms a loop which is off to the side of the line
• Boa knot – binding knot
• Boom hitch – attach a line to a fixed object like a pipe
• Bottle sling – used to create a handle for a container with a narrow tapering neck
• Bourchier knot – a variety of heraldic knot
• Bowen knot – not a true knot, a continuous loop of rope laid out as an upright square shape with loops at each of the four corners
• Bowline – forms a fixed loop at the end of a rope
• Boling knot – forms a fixed loop at the end of a rope
• Bowline on a bight – makes a pair of fixed-size loops in the middle of a rope
• Bumper knot – secures soft or loose bait in fishing
• Bunny ears
• Buntline hitch – attach a rope to an object
• Butterfly bend – connects two ends of rope
• Butterfly coil – a method for storing and transporting a climbing rope
• Butterfly loop – forms a fixed loop in the middle of a rope

  C

• Carrick bend – joins two lines of heavy rope or cable
• Carrick bend loop – used to make a loop at the end of a rope
• Carrick mat – flat woven decorative knot which can be used as a mat or pad
• Cat's paw – connects a rope to an object
• Catshank – variant of the sheepshank, clinched by two overhand knots with the bights passed through the twists
• Celtic button knot – a spherical decorative knot
• Chain sinnet – method of shortening a rope or other cable
• Chain stitch – a sewing and embroidery technique in which a series of looped stitches form a chain-like pattern
• Chair knot – knot tied in the bight forming two adjustable, lockable loops
• Chinese button knot – a decorative knot
• Cleat hitch
• Clove hitch – two successive half-hitches around an object
• Common whipping – series of knots intended to stop a rope from unraveling
• Constrictor knot – one of the most effective binding knots
• Continuous ring hitching – series of identical hitches made around a ring
• Corned beef knot – binding knot often used for binding the meat of the same name while it is being cooked
• Cow hitch – hitch knot used to attach a rope to an object
• Cow hitch and bowline – uses a continuous loop of strap to form a cow hitch around an object in order to hoist or lower it
• Cross constrictor knot – a variant of the Constrictor knot
• Cowboy bowline – variation of the bowline loop knot
• Crown knot – a knot made in the strands of the end of a rope – the start of a back splice

  D

• Diagonal lashing – lashing to bind spars or poles together to prevent racking
• Diamond knot – for forming a decorative loop on the end of a cord
• Directional figure eight – loop knot that can be made on the bight
• Distel hitch – secure friction hitch used for rope climbing
• Dogshank – variant of the sheepshank where the eyes formed at each end have the ends of the rope passed through
• Donkey’s bane - variation on the diamond knot
• Double anchorman knot – two or more pieces of rope joined together
• Double bowline – loop knot that uses a round turn
• Double carrick bend – join two lines together
• Double constrictor knot – binding knot that can be difficult to untie once tightened
• Double Englishman's knot – joins two lengths of rope
• Double figure eight bend – joins two ropes of roughly similar size
• Double figure-eight loop – forms two parallel loops
• Double figure eight – bulky stopper knot often tied near the end of a rope that is secure-when-slack
• Double fisherman's knot – joins two lengths of rope
• Double loop – for making loops at the end of lines similar to the Surgeon's knot, but with a double strand
• Double overhand knot – extension of the regular overhand knot, made with one additional pass
• Double overhand noose – hitch knot used to bind a rope to a carabiner
• Double pile hitch – attaches a rope to a pole or other structure
• Double sheet bend – doubles a sheet bend by making an additional round turn below the first and again bringing the working end back under itself
• Double windsor – method of tying a necktie around one's neck and collar
• Dropper loop – forms a loop which is off to the side of the line
• Dutch marine bowline – variation of the bowline loop knot

  E

• Egg loop a.k.a. bumper knot – secures soft or loose bait in fishing applications
• Englishman's knot – a bend consisting of two overhand knots, each tied around the standing part of the other
• Eskimo bowline – places a loop in the end of a rope
• European death knot – joins two ropes together
• Eye splice – creates a permanent loop in the end of multi stranded rope by means of rope splicing

  F

• Falconer's knot – used in falconry to tether a bird of prey to a perch
• Farmer's loop – midline loop knot made with a bight
• Farrimond friction hitch – quick release adjustable friction hitch for use on lines under tension
• Fiador knot – decorative, symmetrical knot used in equine applications
• Figure-eight knot a.k.a. savoy knot, Flemish knot – type of knot created by a loop on the bight
• Figure-eight loop – type of knot created by a loop on the bight
• Figure-of-nine loop – forms a fixed loop in a rope
• Fireman's chair knot – knot tied in the bight forming two adjustable, lockable loops
• Fisherman's bend – used for attaching a rope to a ring or similar termination
• Fisherman's knot – knot for joining two lines with a symmetrical structure consisting of two overhand knots, each tied around the standing part of the other
• Flemish bend – knot for joining two ropes of roughly similar size
• Flemish knot a.k.a. figure-eight knot, savoy knot – knot for joining two ropes of roughly similar size
• French bowline – variant of the bowline with two loops
• Friendship knot – decorative square knot used to tie a neckerchief and in Chinese knotting
• Friendship knot loop – a knot to tie a loop at the end of a rope

  G

• Garda hitch climbing knot that lets the rope move in only one direction
• Girth hitch
• Gordian knot – an inextricable/complicated knot, tied by King Gordius of Phrygia, that Alexander the Great cut with a sword
• Grantchester knot – a method of tying a necktie
• Granny knot – secures a rope or line around an object
• Grief knot – combines features of granny knot and thief knot
• Gripping sailor's hitch – used to tie one rope to another, or a rope to a pole, when the pull is lengthwise along the object
• Ground-line hitch – attaches a rope to an object

  H

• Hackamore – type of animal headgear which does not have a bit
• Half blood knot – for securing a fishing line to a fishing lure, snap or swivel
• Half hitch – simple overhand knot, where the working end of a line is brought over and under the standing part
• Half-Windsor knot – knot used for tying neckties
• Halter hitch – connects a rope to an object
• Halyard bend – a way to attach the end of a rope at right angle to a cylindrical object
• Handcuff knot – tied in the bight, having two adjustable loops in opposing directions
• Hangman's noose – well-known knot most often associated with its use in hanging a person
• Harness bend – used to join two ropes together
• Harness hitch – knot with a loop on the bight for non-critical purposes
• Heaving line bend – used to attach playing strings to the thick silk eyes of the anchorage knot
• Highpoint hitch – used to attach a rope to an object
• Highwayman's hitch – insecure, quick-release, draw loop hitch for trivial use
• Hitching tie – simple knot used to tie off drawstring bags that allows quick access
• Honda knot a.k.a. lariat loop – loop knot commonly used in a lasso
• Hoxton knot – a method of arranging a scarf about the neck
• Hunter's bend a.k.a. rigger's bend – joins two lines

  I

• Icicle hitch – excellent for connecting to a post when weight is applied to an end running parallel to the post in a specific direction
• Improved clinch knot – used for securing a fishing line to the fishing lure
• In-line figure-eight loop – loop knot that can be made on the bight
• Italian hitch – simple knot commonly used by climbers and cavers as part of a life-lining or belay system

  J

• Jack Ketch's knot – well-known knot most often associated with its use in hanging a person
• Jamming knot – for constricting a bundle of objects
• Jug sling a.k.a. bottle sling – used to create a handle for a glass or ceramic container with a slippery, narrow, tapering neck
• Jury mast knot – for jury rigging a temporary mast on a sailboat or ship

  K

• Karash double loop – A knot used to form leg loops as a makeshift harness
• Killick hitch – hitch knot used to attach a rope to oddly shaped objects
• Klemheist knot – friction hitch that grips a rope when weight is applied, and is free to move when the weight is released
• Knot of isis – ancient Egyptian symbol of the goddess Isis; similar to a knot used to secure the garments that the Egyptian gods wore
• Knute hitch

  L

• Lariat loop a.k.a. honda knot – loop knot commonly used in a lasso
• Lark's foot used to attach a rope to an object
• Left-hand bowline – variation of the bowline loop knot
• Ligature knot a.k.a. surgeon's knot – simple modification to the reef knot that adds an extra twist when tying the first throw
• Lighterman's hitch – ideal for heavy towing, or making fast to a post, bollard, or winch
• Lineman's loop – used to form a fixed loop in the middle of a rope
• Lissajous knot – knot defined by parametric equations
• Lobster buoy hitch – similar to the buntline hitch, but made with a cow hitch around the standing part rather than a clove hitch

  M

• Magnus hitch – used to attach a rope to a rod, pole, or other rope
• Manharness knot – knot with a loop on the bight for non-critical purposes
• Matthew Walker knot – decorative knot that is used to keep the end of a rope from fraying
• Marlinespike hitch – temporary knot used to attach a rod to a rope in order to form a handle
• Midshipman's hitch - similar to the – adjustable loop knot for use on lines under tension
• Miller's knot – binding knot used to secure the opening of a sack or bag
• Monkey's fist – looks somewhat like a small bunched fist/paw, most often used as the weight in a heaving line
• Mountaineer's coil – method used by climbers for carrying a rope
• Munter hitch – simple knot commonly used by climbers and cavers as part of a life-lining or belay system

  N

• Nail knot – used in fly fishing to attach the leader to the fly line
• Noose – loop at the end of a rope in which the knot slides to make the loop collapsible

  O

• Offset figure-eight bend – a poor knot that has been implicated in the deaths of several rock climbers
• One-sided overhand bend – used to join two ropes together
• Ossel hitch – used to attach a rope or line to an object
• Overhand bend – used to join two ropes together
• Overhand knot a.k.a. thumb knot – fundamental knot that forms the basis of many others
• Overhand knot with draw-loop – knot in which the weight of the load depresses the loop to keep it in place
• Overhand loop – forms a fixed loop in a rope
• Overhand noose
• Oysterman's stopper knot – trefoil-faced stopper at the end of the rope

  P

• Packer's knot – binding knot which is easily pulled taut and quickly locked in position
• Palomar knot – used for securing a fishing line to a fishing lure, snap or swivel
• Pile hitch – used for attaching rope to a pole or other structure
• Pipe hitch – hitch-type knot used to secure pipes/poles
• Poldo tackle – an instant tension-applying and tension-releasing mechanism in rope
• Pratt knot – a method of tying a tie around one's neck and collar
• Pretzel link knot – in knot theory, a branch of mathematics, a pretzel link is a special kind of link
• Prusik knot – friction hitch or knot used to put a loop of cord around a rope
• Portuguese bowline a.k.a. French bowline – variant of the bowline with two loops that are adjustable in size
• Portuguese whipping – a type of whipping knot
• Power cinch – commonly used for securing loads on trucks or trailers

  Q

• Quick-release knot – insecure, quick-release, draw loop hitch for trivial use

  R

• Racking bend – knot for joining two ropes of different diameter
• Reef knot – simple binding knot used to secure a rope or line around an object
• Reever Knot - a secure and compact bend for joining two lines
• Rigger's bend a.k.a. Hunter's bend – used to join two lines
• Rigid double splayed loop in the bight – knot that contains two parallel loops
• Ringbolt hitching
• Ring bend – for joining two ends of webbing together
• Ring hitch – used to attach a rope to an object
• Rolling hitch – knot used to attach a rope to a rod, pole, or other rope
• Rosendahl bend – general purpose bend knot unique in the ease with which it is untied, even after heavy loading
• Round lashing
• Round turn and two half-hitches – hitch used to secure the end of a rope to a fixed object
• Round turn
• Running bowline
• Running highwayman's hitch
• Running knot – knots which attach a line to an object and tighten when tension is applied to the free end of the line

  S

• Sailor's hitch – a secure, jam-proof hitch
• Sailor's knot a.k.a. carrick bend – used for joining two lines
• Savoy knot a.k.a. figure-eight knot, Flemish knot – decorative, heraldic knot
• Shear lashing
• Sheepshank – used to shorten or store rope
• Sheet bend – joins two ropes together
• Shoelace knot – commonly used for tying shoelaces and bow-ties
• Shroud knot – a multi-strand bend knot used to join two ends of laid rope together
• Siberian hitch – used to attach a rope to an object
• Simple knot – a method of tying a necktie
• Simple Simon under – used for joining two lines
• Single carrick bend – refers to different knots similar to the Carrick bend
• Single hitch – an overhand knot tied around or through an object
• Slip knot – knots which attach a line to an object and tighten when tension is applied; a type of knot designed to bind one end of a rope to the middle of another
• Slipped buntline hitch – used for attaching a rope to an object
• Slipped half hitch – temporary attachment of rope to object
• Slippery eight loop – adjustable loop knot
• Slippery hitch – used to attach a line to a rod or bar
• Snell knot – a hitch knot used to attach an eyed fishing hook to fishing line
• Snuggle hitch – a modification of the clove hitch
• Span loop – non-jamming loop that can be tied in the middle of a rope
• Spanish bowline – double loop knot
• Splice – the forming of a semi-permanent joint between two ropes
• Square knot or reef knot – used to secure a rope or line around an object
• Square lashing – used to bind poles together
• Square Turk's head – decorative knot with a variable number of interwoven strands, forming a closed loop
• Stein knot – variation of the Figure-eight knot
• Stevedore knot – a stopper knot often tied near the end of a rope
• Strangle knot – a simple binding knot
• Strap hitch – uses a continuous loop of strap to form a cow hitch around an object
• Surgeon's knot a.k.a. ligature knot – modification to the reef knot
• Surgeon's loop – similar to the surgeon's knot but with a double strand

  T

• Tape knot – frequently used in climbing for joining two ends of webbing together
• Tarbuck knot – used by climbers and was primarily used with stranded nylon rope
• Taut-line hitch – adjustable loop knot for use on lines under tension
• Tensionless hitch – an anchor knot used for rappelling or rope rescue.
• Tent hitch – adjustable loop knot for use on lines under tension
• Thief knot – resembles the reef knot except that the free, or working, ends are on opposite sides
• Threefoil knot – another term for a trefoil knot
• Thumb knot a.k.a. overhand knot – one of the most fundamental knots and forms the basis of many others
• Timber hitch – used to attach a single length of rope to a cylindrical object
• Tom fool's knot – good knot with which to commence a slightly fancy sheepshank
• Transom knot – to secure two linear objects, such as spars, at right angles to each other
• Trefoil knot – simplest example of a nontrivial knot in mathematics
• Trident loop – fixed loop knot
• Trilene knot – a multi purpose fishing knot
• Triple bowline – variation of the bowline knot that is used to create three loops on one knot simultaneously
• Triple crown knot – double loop knot
• Triple fisherman's knot – a bend knot used to join two ends of rope together
• Trucker's hitch – used for securing loads on trucks or trailers
• True lover's knot – a name which has been used for many distinct knots
• Tugboat hitch – ideal for heavy towing, or making fast to a post, bollard, or winch
• Turle knot – used while fishing for tying a hook or fly to a leader
• Twined Turk's head – decorative knot with a variable number of interwoven strands forming a closed loop
• Two half-hitches – an overhand knot tied around a post, followed by a half-hitch
• Two strand overhand knot – used to join two ropes together

  U

• Underhand knot – another name for a trefoil knot
• Underwriter's knot
• Uni knot – fishing knot used to attach fishing line to the arbor of a reel

  V

• Versatackle knot – simulates a block and tackle without actual pulleys or deadeyes
• Vibration-proof hitch – used for fastening a line or rope to a solid object

  W

• Wagoner's hitch – compound knot commonly used for securing loads on trucks or trailers
• Wall and crown knot – used at the end of the ropes on either side of a gangway leading onto a ship
• Water bowline – type of knot designed for use in wet conditions where other knots may slip or jam
• Water knot – frequently used in climbing for joining two ends of webbing together
• Waterman's knot – a bend with a symmetrical structure consisting of two overhand knots, each tied around the standing part of the other
• West Country whipping – uses twine to secure the end of a rope to prevent it fraying
• Windsor knot – a symmetrical knot used for tying a necktie around one's neck and collar

  Y

• Yosemite bowline – a medium security loop knot

  Z

• Zeppelin bend – a secure, easily tied, and a jam-proof way to connect two ropes
• Zeppelin loop – a secure, jam-resistant end loop

  Sub-lists, by type

• List of bend knots
• List of binding knots
• List of coil knots
• List of decorative knots
• List of hitch knots
• List of friction hitch knots
• List of loop knots
• List of slip knots
• List of splices
• List of stopper knots
• List of trick knots