Animated Knots is a perfect site for learning everything about knots: how to tie them, what they’re for, and how to choose the best knot for a specific job. The site lists 196 knots for ropes, straps, ...

Join webbing or straps with confidence using the Water Knot. Perfect for climbing harnesses, anchor systems, or rescue setups ...

Website I Will Knot offers several video clips detailing how to tie many useful knots. This is a site about knots: how to tie them, how to appreciate their beauty. Even the seriously knot-challenged ...

Go to your local gym or crag and you’ll see that the majority of climbers use the figure eight follow-through to tie in to the rope. The figure eight follow-through is the first knot new climbers ...

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Every year at Thanksgiving, my family treks to a Christmas tree farm in the North Carolina mountains. We choose a Fraser fir, call in the chainsaw man, and then watch nervously as some hired muscle ...

Learning how to tie your shoelaces all those years ago sure has come in handy, and there are even more knots that can make ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.