I’m currently interested in learning knots, because it seems like a useful skill.
There are a few categories of knots that I know of:
- bends :: join two pieces of line
- end loops :: put a loop at the end of the line (e.g. bowline)
- hitches :: tie onto a stable structure
- mid loops :: It.. uh.. puts a loop.. in the middle.
- quick release :: easy to undo
- slide & grip :: Can slide it along and it’ll hold, like a tent tensioner
- splicing :: Unlike bends, this makes two ropes a single rope.. not join two separate ropes (e.g. it’s like weaving the fibers together)
- stoppers :: end to the rope which prevents it from pulling through