This list of knots includes many alternate names for common knots. Knot names have evolved over time and there are many conflicting or confusing naming issues. The overhand knot, for example, is also known as the thumb knot. The figure-of-eight knot is also known as the savoy knot or the Flemish knot.
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A
B
- bachmann knot
- bag knot
- bait loop
- bale sling hitch
- barrel hitch
- barrel knot
- barrel sling
- becket hitch
- erick velzke knot
- beer knot
- bimini twist
- blackwall hitch
- Blake's hitch
- blood knot
- blood loop knot
- boa knot
- boom hitch
- bottle sling
- bowen knot
- bowline
- bowline on a bight
- bumper knot aka egg loop
- buntline hitch
- butterfly knot
C
D
- diagonal lashing
- diamond knot
- directional figure eight
- dogshank
- double bowline
- double carrick bend
- double constrictor knot
- double Englishman's knot
- double figure eight bend
- double figure eight
- double fisherman knot
- double loop
- double overhand
- double pile hitch
- double sheet bend
- double windsor (for use in neckties)
- dropper loop
- Dutch marine bowline
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
- sailor's hitch
- savoy knot aka figure-of-eight knot, Flemish knot
- sheepshank
- sheet bend
- siberian hitch
- simple knot
- single carrick bend
- single hitch
- slip knot
- slipped buntline hitch
- slippery eight loop
- slippery hitch
- span loop
- Spanish bowline
- splice
- square knot
- square lashing
- square turk's head
- stein knot
- stevedore knot
- strangle knot
- strap hitch
- surgeon's knot aka ligature knot
- surgeon's loop
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U
V
W
Y
Z
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