Available for your reference are several excerpts form Scout's Canada "Fun With Knots". It is recommended that a copy of this book be purchased for each Cub, Scout and Leader as a reference.
Why KNOTS now?
You will never be in a bind when you have to safely secure a load or build a structure on short notice. There's no end as to how knot-tying can be applied. You'll want to keep this guide handy when trekking outdoors or when you're 'stuck indoors'. Its compact design is great for your backpack or a car's glove compartment. In fact, it's a perfect addition to any emergency kit.
When you're at the end of your rope…
tie a KNOT!1
- Forward
- Parts of a rope
- Care of Rope
- Whipping, Simple Whipping
- Sailmaker's Whipping
- Types of Rope
- Locking Bowline
- Woven Figure 8 Bend
- 'S' Knot
- Half 'S'
- 8 1/2 Loop
- Reef Knot
- Slippery Reef, Surgeon's Knot
- Sheet Bend
- Double Sheet Bend, Slippery Sheet Bend
- Clove Hitch No. 1
- Clove Hitch No. 2, Slippery Clove Hitch
- Bowline
- Bowline on a Bight
- Round Turn and Two Half Hitches
- Sheep Shank
- Timber Hitch
- Guy Line Hitch, Rolling Hitch
- Butterfly Knot
- Fireman's Chair Knot
- Overhand Loop, Figure of Eight Knot
- Middleman's Knot
- Carrick Bend
- Fisherman's Knot
- Fisherman's Bend
- Highwayman's Hitch
- Cat's-Paw, Marlin Spike Hitch
- Blackwall Hitch, Double Blackwall Hitch
- Diagonal Lashing
- Square Lashing
- Sheer Lashing
- Tri-Pod Lashing
- Splicing, Long Splice, Short Splice, Eye Splice, Back Splice
- Conclusion
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