Most of the loops and knots began in the shipping world. The best and tightest knots are nautical, but there are many ways to use them on land.
Necessary
Nylon rope, two anchors
Instructions
Step 1
The secret to a well tied loop is the correct technique and the right rope material. The arbor knot or bowline, as it is also called, is a fixed loop that is tied at the end of the cable. In shipping, it is used to attach a rope to the top of the sail and for some other purposes.
Step 2
Take a piece of rope or cable by holding the free end with your right hand. Measure about 35 cm from the edge and make a regular loop at this point, simply placing one piece of rope on top of the other in a crisscross pattern.
Step 3
Holding the intersection with the fingers of your left hand, slip the free end of the rope into the loop from below. Then, loop the other end around the rope, from top to bottom, at the base of the loop, and insert it inside the loop, pushing it through from the top. Tighten the loop by pulling on both ends of the rope.
Step 4
This loop has a second option. Take the free end of the rope with the index and middle fingers of your right hand.
Place the end of the rope with your fingers on top of the rope and slide them up and down inside the loop. Rotate your right hand so that the free end is under the rope. This section of rope will wrap around your index and middle fingers just below the upper knuckle. Thread the free end back into the loop and pull it tight. Now you can go to the second end of the rope and make a loop on it.
Step 5
The trucker's hook is not so much a knot as such, but a system of knots. Like any good loop, it comes loose easily. The first step is to secure one end of the rope using the bullet you already know.
Step 6
The second "anchor" should be cylindrical as it serves as a pulley. Tie a regular slip knot in the middle between the two anchors. Place the right end on top of the rope, making a circle. Then slide a piece of the rope underneath and pull it up.
Step 7
The free end of the rope, circled around the second anchor, is pushed into the loop of the slip knot. Pull the free end of the rope and secure it with two half-bayonets. These are the knots that are made when the end of the rope wraps around the rope, engaging it, and pushes it out of the loop.
Step 8
Now you need to secure the free end. A fishing knot is well suited for this. Wrap a loop around the rope like the letter "X". To do this, the end is wound twice under the rope, first from top to bottom, then from bottom to top and again downward, forming an intersection in the middle.
Then slide the end under the cross, hooking two layers of rope with it, and pull it out from the other side. Tighten it tight. Use it to adjust the tension in the two sliding assemblies.
