Knots on the Web
A collection of knotting resources.

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.

The Lehigh Group
Covers common marine knots, plus the Hangman's knot, the Scaffold knot, and the Gallows knot. Illustrations and common uses.

Irish Climbing
Covers common climbing knots, including five friction knots for ascending the rope. Illustrations and common uses.

Sophia-Antipolis Speleogical Society
Covers common caving knots including the double figure-8 on a bight and the farmer's knot. Illustrations.

Beer Knot
Photos and instructions for tying this variant of the water knot.

University of New England Mountaineering Club
Covers the Alpine Butterfly, Bowline, Clove hitch, and Fisherman's knot. Animation and common uses.

5.10 Climbing Club: Double Butterfly
Explanation, illustrations, and instructions.

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.

Rec.crafts.knots FAQ
Frequently asked questions for the newsgroup, covering resources, recommendations, and links.

The Prusik Knot
Discussion, comments, and tips regarding use for both sailing and climbing. History.

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.

Ropeworks
A book of knots, hitches, splicing, lashing and rope making.

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.

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.

Best Knots for Fishing and Outdoors
Illustrations and instructions for a large number of knots used in fishing, boating and paddling.

Rope Rescue
Covers common rescue knots including the Tensionless hitch, Mariner's knot, and Inline Figure 8. Illustrations and appropriate uses.

Sailfree
Common sailing knots, including the Figure 8, Square knot, Sheet bend, Clove hitch, and Bowline. Illustrations, instructions, and common uses.

Notable Knot Index
New, useful, and interesting bends, loops, hitches, and knots.

Ropers Knots Pages
Index of knots with links, illustrations, and descriptions.

Team Whiskers Knots
Catfishing Team. Includes information on baits, knots, rigs, tackle, recipes, and tournaments.

Sporting Adventures Kids Knots
Covers the Bowline, the Fisherman's, the Clove hitch, and the Blood knot. Animated with instructions. Requires Shockwave Player.

iKnot
Sells a video showing knots and splices tied from the user's perspective. Also how to create a rope making machine.

Alrama's Knots
Animated graphics of several knots being tied.

Ian's Shoelace Site
Illustrations and instructions. Including common, faster and more secure knots. Also a section on different methods of lacing shoes.

Ruckus Society
Covers the Fisherman's knot, Bowline, Prusik, Water knot and several hitches. Illustrations and common uses.

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.

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.

The Pitzen Knot
Illustrations and step-by-step instructions.

Knot Knotes
Trivia, jokes, records, projects, and games. Knot basics. Downloadable fonts.

USSDG Sutures
Guide to surgical knots, including sutures.

Caving Knots
Illustrated guide to the most commonly used knots in underground exploration.

Grogono Animated Knots
Includes information on knots for boating and scouting.