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    • 5.10 Climbing Club: Double Butterfly
      Explanation, illustrations, and instructions.
    • Alrama's Knots Site
      Animated graphics of several knots being tied. Knot names are in Italian.
    • Animated Knot Tying Software
      Downloadable demonstration software
    • Baggy's Rope Box
      Covers the Angler's loop, the Fisherman's knot, and the Friendship knot. Step by step illustrations and instructions.
    • Basic Rock Knot Booklet
      Covers the ring bend, overhand, fisherman's, figure-8, munter hitch and clove hitch. Also covers emergency harness construction and belay techniques. Diagrams.
    • Beer Knot
      Photos and instructions for tying this variant of the water knot.
    • Best Knots for Fishing and Outdoors
      Illustrations and instructions for a large number of knots used in fishing, boating and paddling.
    • Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group
      Covers climbing and rescue knots including how to make a seat harness from webbing and the bowline-on-a-coil. Photos and instructions.
    • Climerware
      Analysis of the strength loss caused by using a girth hitch. Climbing variations of the girth hitch, the dogvine, the mule knot, and the Figure-8. How to tie a bowline and clove hitch one-handed.
    • Ian's Shoelace Site
      Illustrations and instructions for shoelace knots, including common knots and variations such as faster or more secure knots. Also a section on different methods of lacing shoes.
    • iKnot
      Sells a video showing knots and splices tied from the user's perspective. Also how to create a rope making machine.
    • Irish Climbing
      Covers common climbing knots, including five friction knots for ascending the rope. Illustrations and common uses.
    • Knot Knotes
      Trivia, jokes, records, projects, and games. Knot basics. Downloadable fonts.
    • Knot Knowledge
      Covers single loop knots, double loop knots, hitches, friction knots, bends, and stopper knots. Step by step instructions with photos. Definitions of terminology.
    • Knots on the Web
      A collection of knotting resources.
    • New Zealand Speleological Society
      Covers common caving knots including the Figure 8, Figure 9, Alpine Butterfly, Italian hitch, and Tape knot. Illustrations and common uses.
    • Notable Knot Index
      New, useful, and interesting bends, loops, hitches, and knots.
    • Rec.crafts.knots FAQ
      Frequently asked questions for the newsgroup, covering resources, recommendations, and links.
    • Rope Rescue
      Covers common rescue knots including the Tensionless hitch, Mariner's knot, and Inline Figure 8. Illustrations and appropriate uses.
    • Ropers Knots Pages
      Index of knots with links, illustrations, and descriptions.
    • Ropeworks
      A book of knots, hitches, splicing, lashing and rope making.
    • Ruckus Society
      Covers the Fisherman's knot, Bowline, Prusik, Water knot and several hitches. Illustrations and common uses.
    • Sailfree
      Common sailing knots, including the Figure 8, Square knot, Sheet bend, Clove hitch, and Bowline. Illustrations, instructions, and common uses.
    • Six Exploding Knots
      Covers six knots that untie easily, including the Sliding Butterfly, Double Carrick bend, and Clove Hitch Biting a Bight. Step-by-step illustrations with instructions and a table of properties.
    • Sophia-Antipolis Speleogical Society
      Covers common caving knots including the double figure-8 on a bight and the farmer's knot. Illustrations.
    • Sporting Adventures Kids Knots
      Covers the Bowline, the Fisherman's, the Clove hitch, and the Blood knot. Animated with instructions. Requires Shockwave Player.
    • Team Whiskers Knots
      Catfishing Team. Includes information on baits, knots, rigs, tackle, recipes, and tournaments.
    • The Knotting Dictionary of Kännet
      Covers some common and some uncommon knots, including the Reef knot, Square knot, Sheepshank, Simple Simon Over, Monkey's Fist, and Vice Versa. Illustrations and common uses. What the knot is called in other languages. User-submitted comments.
    • The Lehigh Group
      Covers common marine knots, plus the Hangman's knot, the Scaffold knot, and the Gallows knot. Illustrations and common uses.
    • The Pitzen Knot
      Illustrations and step-by-step instructions.
    • The Prusik Knot
      Discussion, comments, and tips regarding the use of this knot for both sailing and climbing. History.
    • University of New England Mountaineering Club
      Covers the Alpine Butterfly, Bowline, Clove hitch, and Fisherman's knot. Animation and common uses.
    • USSDG Sutures
      Guide to surgical knots, including sutures.
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