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• Knot tying


  is an interlacing, twining, looping of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump for fastening binding or connecting two cord together to something else
• . CLOVE HITCH


  is considered to be one of the most essential knots to know. It consists of two opposed half hitches around an object. It is a quick and easy way to secure a rope to a post
• CLOVE HITCH

  1. Place the working end of the rope over the top of the post.
  2. Take the end of the rope and bring it over the main rope to make an X shape
  3. Wrap the working end of the rope around the post then place it under the last place that was wrapped around
  4. Pull both ends of the rope so that it will tighten around the post
• BOWLINE KNOT


  is an essential knot easy to tie and untie it is used to make a fixed loop at the end of a rope. A common rescue knot used when securing or lifting people or equipment
• BOWLINE KNOT

  1. Make a loop on the rope. Pass the working end of the rope inside the loop.
  2. Then pass the end of the rope behind the standing part.
  3. Insert the working end through the loop again.
  4. Hold the loop and tag end then pull to tighten.
• REEF KNOT


  is an ancient and simple binding knot used to secure a rope or line around an object.
• REEF KNOT

  1. Place the left end of the rope over the right end then twist
  2. Place the right end of the rope over the left end then twist.
  3. Pull the ends of the rope to tighten
• DOUBLE HALF HITCH


  is made by tying two simple overhand knots together.
• DOUBLE HALF HITCH


  is made by tying two simple overhand knots together.
• DOUBLE HALF HITCH

  1. Wrap the rope around a pole then pass the end through the loop.
  2. Wrap it around the standing part by inserting the working end through the loop.
  3. Tighten to secure the knot
• TRIPOD LASHING


  is a shear lashing that binds three poles together at the same point
• TRIPOD LASHING

  1. Start by tying a clove hitch in one of the poles.
  2. Weave the rope between the poles until there are about five or six turns around the pole.
  3. Pass the rope between the poles
  4. Make two frapping turns between the poles
  5. Finish the lashing with a clove hitch.
• SQUARE LASHING


  is a knot that binds poles together to form a right angle
• SQUARE LASHING

  1. Start with a clove hitch on the bottom side of the standing pole.
  2. Begin your first wrapping
  3. Continue until you have three wrappings completed.
  4. Prepare to begin first frapping.
  5. Complete your first frap, cinching down on your existing wraps, not the poles.
  6. Complete three fraps and then finish with another clove hitch