Five essential everyday knots

If you ever wondered how some people knew what knot to tie

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// THE PATH

// GETTING READY

01Get your cord and terms straight: working end vs standing parteasy · ~15m

// STOPPER KNOT

02Tie a figure-eight stopper so your rope can't slip through a holeeasy · ~15m

// STOPPER MASTERED

03Tie the figure-eight from memory, three times in a roweasy · ~15m

// SQUARE KNOT

04Join two ropes the same size with a square knot to bundle themeasy · ~15m

// SQUARE KNOT MASTERY

05Learn when the square knot slips — and why it's not for heavy loadseasy · ~15m

// SHEET BEND

06Join two ropes of different thickness with a sheet bendeasy · ~15m

// SHEET BEND

07Tie the sheet bend from memory and tell it apart from the square knoteasy · ~15m

// BOWLINE

08Make a fixed loop that won't tighten with a bowlinemedium · ~20m

// BOWLINE MASTERED

09Tie the bowline from memory, three times in a rowmedium · ~15m

// FIFTH KNOT: THE HITCH

10Secure a rope to a post or rail with a clove hitchmedium · ~20m

// CLOVE HITCH MASTERED

11Tie the clove hitch over a post end and around a mid-rail from memorymedium · ~15m

// TIE FROM MEMORY

12Run the tie-from-memory gauntlet: all five knots, no referencemedium · ~30m

// KNOT MASTERY

13Grab the right knot on the spot: join, loop, stopper, or postmedium · ~20m