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Whipping the ends of rope help to prevent them from unravelling. The Common Whipping is an easy technique that works well for most situations.

The Transom Knot is used to fix together crossed pieces of rigid material and has a wide range of camping and outdoor uses, for example, to fasten tent poles or branches together. Click the knot name to go to its page.

Another new knot added - The Riffle Hitch or Riffling Hitch which is a knot that helps the fly to skim across the surface of a river or stream to attract fish feeding near the surface. It is usually employed by salmon and steelhead fishermen, however

We just received a very limited supply of Knot Cards full of knots that are preferred by arborists and tree workers. Lots of Hitches!

Netknots.com proprietor John Sherry was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune on "How to untie a knot". This is the opposite of the usual question asked!