The alpine butterfly knot is more than just a pretty name for an ingenious loop with multiple uses. Here's how to tie our favorite knot in five quick steps. The alpine butterfly knot, also known as ...

The Poacher’s Knot, also known as the Double Overhand Noose, is a strong termination knot used to secure the end of a rope or create a tightening loop. This demonstration explains how to tie it and ...

The bowline is an ancient knot. It dates so far back historians can’t even pinpoint who tied it first, but what makes it so impressive is that it’s as important and useful today as it was to mariners, ...

It sounds like something you’d stumble upon if you went the wrong way at Hogwarts: oversized tools, giant knots, and rope as far as the eye can see. But for knot expert Des Pawson, it’s just normal ...

Let’s start with the basics: The running end is the end you manipulate. The standing end is the part you don’t manipulate. The bight is the curve between the running end and the standing end.

A knowledge and mastery of tying knots is essential for anyone who spends time in the outdoors. And, sure, when faced with certain tasks that require knot-tying, you might be able to get away with ...

Learn three different ways to tie a bowline, the King of Knots. We will show you how to tie a bowline knot diagram. The bowline (pronounced bo-lin) is the single most important knot for all outdoors ...