Knottingpedia – knots + ropework [1]

-:- 2 half hitches -:-

Front view

* A knot that attaches a rope to a rail, bar or any object is called a hitch.

Back view (aka reverse 2 half hitches)

-:- Alpine butterfly -:-

Front view

The alpine is a mountaineering knot. It’s other name is lineman’s loop.

Back view

-:- Simple Simon over -:-

Front view

Developed by Harry Asher and published in 1989, this knot is used to secure 2 slippery cords.

Back view

-:- Ring and Prusik -:-

Front view (L:Ring, R:Prusik)

The ring hitch is a common way of looping a string on a ring. The prusik, which is also a mountaineering knot, is named after Dr. Karl Prusik, an Austrian music professor who initially came up with this knot during WWI to mend broken strings of musical instruments. He later published the tying instructions for mountaineers to be used for self-rescue.

Back view

Thought I’ll end this week with more pictures of the knots I like to use, not for climbing though :-) .