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• Recreation: Outdoors: Survival and Primitive Technology  (208)
• Recreation: Scouting: Resources: Scoutcraft: Ropecraft  (7)
• Science: Math: Topology: Knot Theory  (29)
• Shopping: Recreation: Outdoors: Fishing: Knot Tying Tools  (1)

Alrama's Knots  alrama.tripod.com/cgi-bin/list.pl Animated graphics of several knots being tied.

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

Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group  brmrg.med.virginia.edu/knots/knots.html Covers climbing and rescue knots including how to make a seat harness from webbing and the bowline-on-a-coil. Photos and instructions.

Caving Knots  www.geocities.com/knotsforcaving Illustrated guide to the most commonly used knots in underground exploration.

5.10 Climbing Club: Double Butterfly  five.ten.tripod.com/butter.htm Explanation, illustrations, and instructions.

Climerware  www.climerware.com/knot.shtml 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.

Grog's Animated Knots  www.animatedknots.com Knots for boating, climbing, and fishing with clear animations.

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

Knot Knotes  whatknot.tripod.com/knots/knot.htm Trivia, jokes, records, projects, and games. Knot basics. Downloadable fonts.

Knot Tying DVD  www.knottyingvideo.com Sells a video (VHS/DVD) showing 47 knots and 6 splices tied from the user's perspective. Also gives information on making and caring for ropes. Language and Subtitle options: English/Spanish.

Knots on the Web  www.earlham.edu/~peters/knotlink.htm A collection of knotting resources.

The Knotting Dictionary of Kännet  korpegard.se/knot 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  www.lehighgroup.com/KNOTS.HTM Covers common marine knots, plus the Hangman's knot, the Scaffold knot, and the Gallows knot. Illustrations and common uses.

New Zealand Speleological Society  www.massey.ac.nz/~sglasgow//nzss/knots.htm Covers common caving knots including the Figure 8, Figure 9, Alpine Butterfly, Italian hitch, and Tape knot. Illustrations and common uses.

Notable Knot Index  www.geocities.com/roo_two/knotindex.html New, useful, and interesting bends, loops, hitches, and knots.

The Prusik Knot  fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/prusik_knot.html Discussion, comments, and tips regarding use for both sailing and climbing. History.

Rec.crafts.knots FAQ  www.msen.com/~pwmeek/knots/knot-faq.html Frequently asked questions for the newsgroup, covering resources, recommendations, and links.

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

Ropeworks  www.northnet.org/ropeworks/index.html A book of knots, hitches, splicing, lashing and rope making.

Ruckus Society  ruckus.org/article.php?list=type&type=21 Short climbers' knots manual.

Six Exploding Knots  www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/explode.htm 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  www-sop.inria.fr/agos-sophia/sis/Techniques/knots.html Covers common caving knots including the double figure-8 on a bight and the farmer's knot. Illustrations.

Team Whiskers Knots  teamwhiskers.tripod.com/knots.html Catfishing Team. Includes information on baits, knots, rigs, tackle, recipes, and tournaments.

University of New England Mountaineering Club  www.une.edu.au/~unemc/alpbutt.htm Covers the Alpine Butterfly, Bowline, Clove hitch, and Fisherman's knot. Animation and common uses.