Knots on the Web
 

Knots on the Web

LINK

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/knotlink.htm

All sections

* Knot tying
o General
o Animal-handling knots
o Climbing and caving
o Craft knots
o Fishing knots
o Necktie knots
o Not knots
o Rope and cordage
o Rope rescue
o Sailing and boating
o Scouting
o Suppliers
o Surgical knots
* Knot theory
o General
o Biblographies
o Glossaries
o Journals
o Primers
o Tables
* Knot art
o General
o Celtic knotwork
o Fancy and decorative knots
o Metalwork knots
o Related arts
* Knot discussion
o Discussion of knot tying
o Discussion of knot theory
o Discussion of knot art
* Knot software
o Software for knot tying
o Software for knot theory
o Software for knot art
* Knot videos
o Videos on knot tying
o Videos on knot theory
o Videos on knot art
* Knot books
o Books on knot tying
o Books on knot theory
o Books on knot art
* Knot gallery
* Awards

Its strange, but I see very few sailors who know how to tie knots as
most of their cordage already has mechanical terminations or pre-made
loops. Even many vertical cavers who I would really expect to know
their knots have no idea of how to do them as most of them now use
mechanical ascenders and I have seen some horrific means to tie off
rapelling ropes. Do rock climbers even need to know many knots these
days?
My14 yr old son has no interest at all in why one knot works better
than another and I have taught my wife a bowline so many times I have
simply given up. I tend to think that unless you know why one knot is
better, how to tie them makes no diffeence to you.

Terry Spragg wrote:
Surely there is a mathematics to
describe knots, I think I saw it in Scientific American, but not sure.

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