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	Knot - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Some knots are well adapted to bind to particular objects such as another rope, cleat, ring, stake or to constrict an object.
		Knots have been the subject of interest both for their ancient origins, common use or the mathematical implications of knot theory.
		For example, loop knots share the attribute of having some kind of an anchor point constructed on the standing end (such as a loop or overhand knot) into which the working end is easily hitched to using a round turn.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Knot (1049 words)

	KAP knots and hitches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Knots and hitches are utilized for many purposes--joining two lines together, making a loop in a line, shortening lines, stopping lines, and attaching lines to anchors--posts, rings, cleats, etc. In fact, it is impossible to fly kites without the ability to tie a few basic knots.
		A knot or hitch has two characteristics in terms of its potential effectiveness--strength and slippage, both of which are important for deciding which knot to use for a given purpose.
		This compound knot combines the characteristics of the clove and half hitch into a knot that is quite strong and highly resistant to slippage.
	www.geospectra.net /kite/knots/knots.htm (1371 words)

	Come Caving with the VPI Cave Club!
		Knots used to secure another knot should be as close as possible to the main knot and oriented to fit tightly against it.
		Of the fourteen required knots, four are based on the overhand knot (overhand knot, water knot, square knot, double fisherman's bend), and four are secured with overhand knots (bowline, mountaineering bowline, bowline on a coil, and helical).
		This knot is usually tied near the end of a rope and used as a main rigging knot.
	www.cave.org.vt.edu /knots.shtml (4412 words)

	Andy Wardley: Knots for Bridle Makers
		When tightening this knot, it is useful to first slip the knot over a spar from the kite in question (or one of the same diameter) to ensure that the loop is a reasonably snug fit.
		This knot can be used to attach a loose end to a continuous length of line in such a way that the knot will hold fast in normal use but can be moved up or down the line for adjustment when a little pressure is applied.
		The knot employed is a basic Running Knot with a flange in the line serving to stop the tied end from slipping through the knot.
	wardley.org /kites/bridle/knots.html (873 words)

	Canyoning knots - OZultimate.com canyoning
		Stopper knots are used to prevent a rope running through something.
		Overhand knots (including double overhand knots) are often used to back up other knots, and to tie off loose ends.
		The figure-of-eight (on a bight or rethreaded) is generally the best loop to use, as long as the direction of pull on the tails is opposite to that of the loop.
	ozultimate.com /canyoning/knots (503 words)

	List of knots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This list of knots includes many alternate names for common knots.
		The overhand knot, for example, is also known as the thumb knot.
		The figure-of-eight knot is also known as the savoy knot or the Flemish knot.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_knots (112 words)

	STOPPER KNOTS
		Stopper knots are primarily used to prevent the rope beeing pulled through a hole.
		I recommend this knot to be used as a temporary stopper for rope and terminal knot for twine.
		This produces a knot much like the slipped overhand knot, only now the loop is from the standing part (the long part) of the rope, not from the short end.
	www.physics.helsinki.fi /~galambos/knot/stopper.html (276 words)

	Tradgirl Climbing FAQ - Safety
		Knots at the end of ropes also tend to be 'forgotten', which is kind of a pain when you're pulling your rope through the anchor.
		The one hazard is that the knot shortens the rope.
		They emphasise the importance of finishing the bowline with a stopper knot, and then go on to describe the "bowline variant" in which the tail is wound round alongside the initial loop and then threaded back through the 'hook'.
	www.tradgirl.com /climbing_faq/safety_2.htm (8046 words)

	Rock Climbing Tech Tips: Joining Two Ropes
		The advantage of the figure eight with stopper knots over the double fisherman's is that it's often easier to untie afterwards, plus what I'd call a psychological advantage.
		The trick with stopper knots is to form two loops, the second behind the first, and feed the tail back through both.
		Knots that are easy to untie (unless you had to weight the safety loop, in which case you won't care).
	www.chockstone.org /TechTips/JoinRopes.htm (1119 words)

	ROPES AND KNOTS \| CHANDLERY SAILING AND MOTOR BOAT EQUIPMENT \| SOLAR NAVIGATOR WORLD ELECTRIC NAVIGATION CHALLENGE.
		Every would be sailor must know his or her ropes and become familiar with some common knots, just to be able to tie up a boat to a jetty.
		A 'Knot' is also a measure of speed in water, which gains its name from the distance between two knots of a piece of rope.
		Macrame, one kind of textile, is generated exclusively through the use of knotting, instead of knits, crochets, weaves or felting.
	www.solarnavigator.net /knots.htm (949 words)

	Scouting Resources - Knots - H-Q
		Lanyard Knot - Various knots have been given this name but the Lanyard Knot proper is a stopper knot in the end of a rope (rigging lanyards).
		It is a useful loop knot tied in the bight by one of at least four different methods.
		Monkey's Fist - A knob knot at the end of a rope, usually made round a pebble or ball of lead, etc. It is the best heaving line knot, the heavy core in the knot giving it the weight to carry the mass of the line when thrown.
	www.scoutresources.org.uk /SR/knots_az02.html (1838 words)

	Knots
		A stopper knot is put into a line so that if you let go of it accidently or the wind catches it or whatever, the line will catch at the first block it passes through.
		Genoa sheets without stopper knots can easily end up blowing out to windward where they are impossible to reach or, worse still, trailing in the water where they are apt to catch round the prop.
		The bowline is the archetypal knot of the sea.
	www.hshyachts.com /html/knots.html (959 words)

	AquaBooks.com - Books : Boating : Knots
		Sailing Knots is an invaluable guidebook for all sailors.
		With knots for climbing, sailing, and fishing, every knot entry contains a brief introduction to the history and development of the knot, its alternative names, and information on its uses and special features.
		The Morrow Guide discloses the secrets of knots for sailing, fishing, camping, and climbing, with clear instructions and 647 color photographs that take the mystery out of the swivel hitch, the grapevine knot, the knotted sheepshank, the Spanish bowline, the stopper knot, and 68 more.
	www.aquabooks.com /aquabooks/boating/knots.shtml (897 words)

	Roper's Knot Pages - Stoppers. Knots on the end of a rope
		Knots on the end of a rope or yarn.
		The overhand knot is not strong, so it is not used in situations where you might expect great force.
		The double overhand knot is also called the bloodknot when it is used at the end of a whip.
	www.realknots.com /knots/stoppers.htm (412 words)

	Sailor's Knots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		This is a nice knot in that it forms a loop and even when pulled very tight can be untied rather easily without damaging the line.
		This knot allows you to quickly shorten the line in a way that can easily be untied when the full length of line is needed later.
		This collection of knots was written by New Bedford native Clifford Ashley and is considered by many the 'bible' of knot-making.
	orr.mec.edu /~skocur/knots.htm (609 words)

	Lifelines magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Still, there are a handful—make that a half-dozen— of knots that are useful to everyday boaters: the bowline, figure eight, clove hitch, sheet bend, and cow hitch.
		There are generally five types of knots (not including decorative braids and sennits): stopper knots, binding knots, bends, hitches, and loops.
		A stopper knot can be used to keep the end of a rope from unraveling or to weight a rope to aid in throwing it a long distance.
	www.seatow.com /lifelines/May2005/knots.htm (834 words)

	Rock Climbing Knots: Stopper Knot
		The stopper knot is very handy in several situations.
		Two stopper knots are used to make the double fishermans for joining two ropes.
		Stoppers - Knots on the end of the rope.
	www.chockstone.org /TechTips/Stopper.htm (163 words)

	Knot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Round turn and two half hitches]] A knot is a method for fastening or securing linear material such as rope by tying or interweaving.
		Knot Terminology ;'''Standing end''' :The end of the rope not involved in making the knot, often shown as unfinished.
		;'''Knot efficiency''' :The approximate strength of a rope with a given Knot as compared to the rope's strength without the knot, expressed at a percentage.
	knot.iqnaut.net (1010 words)

	Animated Knots by Grog
		So, handle rope with care, inspect and test any knot you tie, and respect any rope subject to a heavy load, e.g., a rope controlling a large sail, a mooring rope when you are docking or berthing, and especially your own climbing rope.
		An angle, a kink, or a knot, stresses the fibers unevenly and weakens the rope.
		Although some knots in some ropes are claimed to only weaken a rope to about 80% of its rated strength, other knots weaken a rope to about 50%.
	www.animatedknots.com (807 words)

	Knot Knowledge
		Twenty-three practical knots are presented with photographs of the steps involved in tying each knot.
		Knot Knowledge provides in its lexicon definitions of the few knot tying terms used in the text descriptions.
		The trucker's hitch (from Net Knots) is a knot system used to create mechanical advantage to put tension on a rope.
	www.iland.net /~jbritton/index.html (225 words)

	Category:Knots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Articles and media on this topic in other Wikimedia projects can be found at: Commons Category Knots
		Due to England's strong naval tradition, the English language has a large technical vocabulary for describing knots.
		The main article for this category is Knot.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Knots (115 words)

	The Double Overhand Stopper Knot
		Two Double Overhand knots are used to join two ropes using the Double Fisherman's (picture on right).
		The Double Overhand can be added to the Figure Eight Follow Through to form a stopper knot around the standing end and to the Figure Eight Join to form a stopper knots around both standing ends.
		The Ashley: Of the various other stopper knots, the Ashley (ABOK # 526, p 86.), or "Oysterman's Stopper", is excellent, easily learned, but not widely used: merely create a loop overhand knot and pass the end through (left being tied; right completed, far right spread out to show three-lobed structure).
	www.animatedknots.com /stopper (446 words)

	LavaCUBED \Reference\Knots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Best Knots for Fishing and Outdoors - Illustrations and instructions for a large number of knots used in fishing, boating and paddling.
		Climbing variations of the girth hitch, the dogvine, the mule knot, and the Figure-8.
		Knot Knowledge - Covers single loop knots, double loop knots, hitches, friction knots, bends, and stopper knots.
	www.lavacubed.com /new.cats.php?path=/Reference/Knots (509 words)

	Riverside Secondary School NPCC - Knots And Lashings
		The skill of tying knots and lashings is vital in many NPCC activities, such as pioneering, tying rope obstacles as well as tent pitching.
		It is used as a handhold and stopper.
		Compared to thumb knot, when it is tied and put under strain, it is much easier to untie.
	www11.brinkster.com /rsnpcc/knotsnlashin.asp (1121 words)

	Scouting Resources - Knots - Book Reviews
		Each knot has a full colour diagram with the finished knot neatly displayed, an easy to read diagram or two on how to tie the knot, its uses and any background information.
		Each knot has an explanation with appropriate holes in the other side of the page (the pages are thick card) with a picture where you thread the rope through and practice the knot while reading the instructions.
		There are several useful knots here that are not covered by the other books and although some of the diagrams need more steps and explanation the majority serve their purpose.
	www.scoutingresources.org.uk /knots_books.html (1187 words)

	Scouting Resources - Knots - Index
		Knots and pioneering can become a very useful skill in itself as well as a platform for showing what advantage scouting can offer over other youth organisations.
		Once you have learnt the basic ideas and knots in the cubs and progressed on through the troop you will begin to pick up those true pioneering skills.
		Each knot has a short description and (almost) every one has an illustration demonstrating the knot.
	www.scoutingresources.org.uk /knots_index.html (335 words)

	I Will Knot!
		This is a site about knots: how to tie them, how to appreciate their beauty.
		String is extremely hard to control, and your knots will be so small that you won't be able to see what is going on.
		Once you've mastered how to tie a knot from the clips, trying tying it around different sort of objects, at different angles.
	www.iwillknot.com (188 words)

	Feed Yr Brain
		Knots can be handy for all sorts of things.
		Stopper knots - Stopper knots are used at the end of a rope, to keep it from fraying.
		Bend - A bend is a knot used to tie two pieces of rope together.
	www.zeeks.com /412.html (278 words)

	Real Knots: Knotting, bends, hitches and knotcraft.
		knot knots knotting tie tying rope yarn hitch hitches bend scout sail climb marlinespike.
		You can access Ropers knot pages also via bonus.com which blocks all unsafe links, also those to the nooses, but needs a high performance browser and connection.
		For the next year (or two) there will be no fancy knotting in the instruction part of Ropers Knot Site.
	www.realknots.com /knots (400 words)

	Beginners - What are KNOTS and SPLICES?
		As a general term, 'knot' includes all configurations made in a cord or line (or other material).
		However, when naming knots, the term knot is used in a more specific way.
		Knots that slide, closing the loop under strain or allowing it to be opened.
	www.igkt.net /beginners/what.html (249 words)

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