How to tie a sailors knot

The Bowline Know is simple. Just remember, it’s: Loop over top, pull through, wrap behind and around, pull through.

The Sailor's Guide to Knot-Tying

For me, embellishing male cards is not as easy as decorating cards for ladies. It doesn't quite feel right to add pretty ribbons, fussy bows, jewels and flowers in my designs for guys. The nautical theme of my project was based around the Stampin' Up! Set called 'The Open Sea'. I liked the idea of adding some twine and creating a 'sailor knot' to feature on the design. I wanted to share the following tutorial with you to try in your own nautical themed papercraft projects. Step 1. Create two…

Bosun's Lanyard Knot How to Tie It

There’s nothing better than having an adorable keychain to accompany your keys. We’ve been scouting out some DIY keychains lately, and thought we would share our favorites with you. Fro…

In this how-to guide, we teach you how to tie a Bowline Knot. We also explain in what situations its best used in and when other knots are better.

Basic types of sailing knots, best nautical rope knots, how to tie nautical knots with simple diagrams, common knots to know for sailing and their uses

Stopper Knot - also known as the Oystermans stopper, is a knot developed by Clifford Ashley around 1910.

Set of rope knots, hitches, bows, bends isolated on white background. Decorative vector design. Part 1 of 3

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!!! I've had a couple of requests for a tutorial on the sailor's knot that I used on this card so I put one together while making this card. It's really quite easy, as you'll see! First, a bit about this card. The base is River Rock and the patterned paper is more from K & Co's Sea Glass Mat Stack. I do love this paper. For the image, I inked up this stamp from Flourishes' Seaside Life set with Versamark, then River Rock, stamped it on Baja Breeze card stock…

Hitch Knots. Rope Hitches includes Slide and Grip Hitches; Quick-Release Hitches and Plain Rope Hitches.

You're going to love this easy tutorial for how to make a trendy sailor knot bracelet. Simple and oh so cute!

This is a finished sailor's knot. For a bracelet, see How to Make a Sailor's Knot Bracelet.

How to Tie a Monkeys Fist Knot in Less Than 5 Minutes: All you will ned is at least 3.5 feet of rope and your hands. This is an easy, cool looking knot that you can tie in under 5 minutes. Just put your cursor over the squares in the pictures for directions. Good Luck.

Answer (1 of 5): Really, there is no fast way. There is only one way, as Erik demonstrated. I would suggest, if you don’t need the bulk, and want a quick knot, to use a scaffold knot (aka half a double fisherman’s knot). This is my go-to “noose” (any loop knot that tightens with pull), and I use...

An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — having the breadth of skills, the savoir-faire, to handle any situation you find yourself in. With that in mind, each Sunday we’ll be republishing one of the illustrated guides from our archives, so you can hone your […]