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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background:#ffff99">Icicle hitch</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Icicle_hitch_knot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Icicle_hitch_knot.jpg/220px-Icicle_hitch_knot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Icicle_hitch_knot.jpg/330px-Icicle_hitch_knot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Icicle_hitch_knot.jpg/440px-Icicle_hitch_knot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_hitch_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of hitch knots">Hitch</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/History_of_knotting" class="mw-redirect" title="History of knotting">John Smith, 1990</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Related</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prusik" title="Prusik">Prusik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Klemheist_knot" title="Klemheist knot">Klemheist knot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tautline_hitch" class="mw-redirect" title="Tautline hitch">tautline hitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gripping_sailor%27s_hitch" title="Gripping sailor's hitch">gripping sailor's hitch</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Releasing</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_knot_terminology#Jamming" title="List of knot terminology">Unload the working end</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Typical use</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>Tying to a post when weight is applied parallel to the post</li> <li>Tying to a rope when load is applied parallel to that rope</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Caveat</th><td class="infobox-data">The Klemheist knot will look almost identical, but the load with the klemheist should be applied with the bight lying across the turns on the post/rope the knot is tied to</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>An <b>icicle hitch</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Knot" title="Knot">knot</a> that is used for connecting to a post when weight is applied to an end running <a href="/wiki/Parallel_(geometry)" title="Parallel (geometry)">parallel</a> to the post in a specific direction. This <a href="/wiki/List_of_hitch_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of hitch knots">type of hitch</a> will hold its place even when holding a substantial load on a smooth surface. One can even suspend from a tapered post (such as a <a href="/wiki/Marlinspike" title="Marlinspike">marlinspike</a>) with this knot (hence the name "icicle hitch").<sup id="cite_ref-tossrigg_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tossrigg-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To tie an icicle hitch, bring the <a href="/wiki/Knot#Components" title="Knot">working end</a> over the post, front to back, four or five times, working away from the end of the post (and the direction of expected pull). Bring the working end, back to front, alongside the <a href="/wiki/Knot#Components" title="Knot">standing end</a>, leaving a substantial <a href="/wiki/Bight_(knot)" title="Bight (knot)">bight</a> hanging behind the post. Bring this bight over both ends and over the end of the post. Tighten by pulling both ends perpendicular to the post. The pull on the standing end (running the direction of the post) will tighten the knot as more pull is given. </p><p>This knot is in the class of knots as the Prusik, klemheist, & Hedden knots --the "slip-and-grip" friction type, which pull tight when the load is applied (in the correct direction) and slide easily for re-placement with no load. The Prusik knot can withstand load in both directions, making it ideal for climbing situations. The icicle, like the klemheist, attaches to the hitched object and coils away from its pulling end, and relies on a constriction like the Chinese finger trap --under pull, the coil is drawn longer and thus tighter; whereas in the Hedden (& rolling hitch) the loading tightens the coil at its far end. </p><p>The icicle hitch was developed by John Smith of the International Guild of Knot Tyers [sic], and demonstrated by him at the eighth Annual General Meeting of the <a href="/wiki/International_Guild_of_Knot_Tyers" title="International Guild of Knot Tyers">International Guild of Knot Tyers</a> in 1990. It was published in the IGKT's quarterly newsletter, Knotting Matters, in issue #32 (Summer 1990), pp.6,7. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tying">Tying</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Icicle_hitch&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Tying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bobmcgricicle1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pull direction is LEFT, so make 5 turns to the RIGHT..."><img alt="Pull direction is LEFT, so make 5 turns to the RIGHT..." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bobmcgricicle1.jpg/120px-Bobmcgricicle1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bobmcgricicle1.jpg/180px-Bobmcgricicle1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bobmcgricicle1.jpg/240px-Bobmcgricicle1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="757" data-file-height="562" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Pull direction is LEFT, so make 5 turns to the RIGHT...</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bobmcgricicle2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Drape working end over rod so it hangs beside standing part..."><img alt="Drape working end over rod so it hangs beside standing part..." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Bobmcgricicle2.jpg/120px-Bobmcgricicle2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Bobmcgricicle2.jpg/180px-Bobmcgricicle2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Bobmcgricicle2.jpg/240px-Bobmcgricicle2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="576" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Drape working end over rod so it hangs beside standing part...</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bobmcgricicle3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Loop the bight created around working and standing parts and over end of rod."><img alt="Loop the bight created around working and standing parts and over end of rod." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Bobmcgricicle3.jpg/120px-Bobmcgricicle3.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Bobmcgricicle3.jpg/180px-Bobmcgricicle3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Bobmcgricicle3.jpg/240px-Bobmcgricicle3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="737" data-file-height="590" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Loop the bight created around working and standing parts and <b>over end of rod</b>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bobmcgricicle4.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Set up tight..."><img alt="Set up tight..." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Bobmcgricicle4.jpg/120px-Bobmcgricicle4.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Bobmcgricicle4.jpg/180px-Bobmcgricicle4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Bobmcgricicle4.jpg/240px-Bobmcgricicle4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="595" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Set up tight...</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bobmcgricicle5.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Knot is now secure when pulled toward the left."><img alt="Knot is now secure when pulled toward the left." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Bobmcgricicle5.jpg/120px-Bobmcgricicle5.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Bobmcgricicle5.jpg/180px-Bobmcgricicle5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Bobmcgricicle5.jpg/240px-Bobmcgricicle5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="589" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Knot is now secure when pulled toward the left. </div> </li> </ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Icicle_hitch&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_knots" title="List of knots">List of knots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_friction_hitch_knots" title="List of friction hitch knots">List of friction hitch knots</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Icicle_hitch&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Complete Guide to Knots and Knot Tying</i> Geoffrey Budworth, p. 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sinnet">Chain sinnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheepshank" title="Sheepshank">Sheepshank</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_decorative_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of decorative knots">Decorative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carrick_mat" title="Carrick mat">Carrick mat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_button_knot" title="Chinese button knot">Chinese button</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_button_knot" title="Celtic button knot">Celtic button</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_knot" title="Diamond knot">Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiador_knot" title="Fiador knot">Fiador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendship_knot" title="Friendship knot">Friendship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knotted-pile_carpet" title="Knotted-pile carpet">Ghiordes & Senneh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Walker_knot" title="Matthew Walker knot">Matthew Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turk%27s_head_knot" title="Turk's head knot">Turk's head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wall_and_crown_knot" title="Wall and crown knot">Wall and crown</a> (triple crown knot)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Angling" title="Angling">Fishing <br />(angling)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angler%27s_loop" title="Angler's loop">Angler's loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arbor_knot" title="Arbor knot">Arbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bimini_twist" title="Bimini twist">Bimini twist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blood_knot" title="Blood knot">Blood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisherman%27s_knot" title="Fisherman's knot">Fisherman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Improved_clinch_knot" title="Improved clinch knot">Improved clinch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knotless_knot" title="Knotless knot">Knotless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nail_knot" title="Nail knot">Nail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palomar_knot" title="Palomar knot">Palomar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snell_knot" title="Snell knot">Snell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trilene_knot" title="Trilene knot">Trilene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_fisherman%27s_knot" title="Triple fisherman's knot">Triple fisherman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turle_knot" title="Turle knot">Turle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uni_knot" title="Uni knot">Uni</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_hitch_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of hitch knots">Hitches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adjustable_grip_hitch" title="Adjustable grip hitch">Adjustable grip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anchor_bend" title="Anchor bend">Anchor bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axle_hitch" title="Axle hitch">Axle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bachmann_knot" title="Bachmann knot">Bachmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bale_sling_hitch" title="Bale sling hitch">Bale sling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrel_hitch" title="Barrel hitch">Barrel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becket_hitch" title="Becket hitch">Becket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackwall_hitch" title="Blackwall hitch">Blackwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake%27s_hitch" title="Blake's hitch">Blake's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boom_hitch" title="Boom hitch">Boom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buntline_hitch" title="Buntline hitch">Buntline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat%27s_paw_(knot)" title="Cat's paw (knot)">Cat's paw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clove_hitch" title="Clove hitch">Clove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cow_hitch" title="Cow hitch">Cow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distel_hitch" title="Distel hitch">Distel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_overhand_noose" title="Double overhand noose">Double overhand noose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falconer%27s_knot" title="Falconer's knot">Falconer's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farrimond_friction_hitch" title="Farrimond friction hitch">Farrimond friction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_friction_hitch_knots" title="List of friction hitch knots">Friction hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garda_hitch" title="Garda hitch">Garda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ground-line_hitch" title="Ground-line hitch">Ground-line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Half_hitch" title="Half hitch">Half</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halter_hitch" title="Halter hitch">Halter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highpoint_hitch" title="Highpoint hitch">Highpoint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highwayman%27s_hitch" title="Highwayman's hitch">Highwayman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitching_tie" title="Hitching tie">Hitching tie</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Icicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Improved_clinch_knot" title="Improved clinch knot">Improved clinch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killick_hitch" title="Killick hitch">Killick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knute_hitch" title="Knute hitch">Knute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lobster_buoy_hitch" title="Lobster buoy hitch">Lobster buoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlinespike_hitch" title="Marlinespike hitch">Marlinespike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munter_hitch" title="Munter hitch">Munter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossel_hitch" title="Ossel hitch">Ossel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pile_hitch" title="Pile hitch">Pile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pipe_hitch" title="Pipe hitch">Pipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailor%27s_hitch" title="Sailor's hitch">Sailor's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snuggle_hitch" title="Snuggle hitch">Snuggle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swing_hitch" title="Swing hitch">Swing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taut-line_hitch" title="Taut-line hitch">Taut-line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timber_hitch" title="Timber hitch">Timber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trucker%27s_hitch" title="Trucker's hitch">Trucker's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tumble_hitch" title="Tumble hitch">Tumble</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Loop_(knot)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loop (knot)">Loop</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angler%27s_loop" title="Angler's loop">Angler's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artillery_loop" title="Artillery loop">Artillery loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bale_sling_hitch" title="Bale sling hitch">Bale sling hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowline" title="Bowline">Bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bumper_knot" title="Bumper knot">Bumper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrick_bend_loop" title="Carrick bend loop">Carrick bend loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cossack_knot" class="mw-redirect" title="Cossack knot">Cossack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_bowline" title="Cowboy bowline">Cowboy bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_knot" title="Diamond knot">Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_bowline" title="Double bowline">Double bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dropper_loop" title="Dropper loop">Dropper loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eskimo_bowline" title="Eskimo bowline">Eskimo bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiador_knot" title="Fiador knot">Fiador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fireman%27s_chair_knot" title="Fireman's chair knot">Fireman's chair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendship_knot_loop" title="Friendship knot loop">Friendship knot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halter_hitch" title="Halter hitch">Halter hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handcuff_knot" title="Handcuff knot">Handcuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honda_knot" title="Honda knot">Honda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jury_mast_knot" title="Jury mast knot">Jury mast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overhand_loop" title="Overhand loop">Overhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_bowline" title="Portuguese bowline">Portuguese bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rigid_double_splayed_loop_in_the_bight" title="Rigid double splayed loop in the bight">Rigid double splayed loop in the bight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slippery_eight_loop" title="Slippery eight loop">Slippery eight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Span_loop" title="Span loop">Span</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_bowline" title="Spanish bowline">Spanish bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_fool%27s_knot" title="Tom fool's knot">Tom fool's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trident_loop" title="Trident loop">Trident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_bowline" title="Triple bowline">Triple bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_bowline" title="Water bowline">Water bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yosemite_bowline" title="Yosemite bowline">Yosemite bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeppelin_loop" title="Zeppelin loop">Zeppelin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Slip_knot" title="Slip knot">Running<br /> (slip)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hangman%27s_knot" title="Hangman's knot">Hangman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Running_bowline" title="Running bowline">Running bowline</a></li> <li>Running highwayman's hitch</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarbuck_knot" title="Tarbuck knot">Tarbuck</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rope_splicing" title="Rope splicing">Splices</a> &<br /> splicing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eye_splice" title="Eye splice">Eye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fid" title="Fid">Fid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlinspike" title="Marlinspike">Marlinspike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rat-tail_splice" title="Rat-tail splice">Rat-tail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-splice" title="T-splice">T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Union_splice" title="Western Union splice">Western Union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Stopper_knot" title="Stopper knot">Stopper</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashley%27s_stopper_knot" title="Ashley's stopper knot">Ashley's stopper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Button_knot" title="Button knot">Button</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_overhand_knot" title="Double overhand knot">Double overhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figure-eight_knot" title="Figure-eight knot">Figure-eight knot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monkey%27s_fist" title="Monkey's fist">Monkey's fist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overhand_knot" title="Overhand knot">Overhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevedore_knot" title="Stevedore knot">Stevedore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Whipping_knot" title="Whipping knot">Whipping</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Common_whipping" title="Common whipping">Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overhand_knot_with_draw-loop" title="Overhand knot with draw-loop">Overhand knot with draw-loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_whipping" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese whipping">Portuguese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailmaker%27s_whipping" title="Sailmaker's whipping">Sailmaker's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Country_whipping" title="West Country whipping">West Country</a></li></ul> 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bend knots">Bends</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_binding_knots" title="List of binding knots">Bindings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_decorative_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of decorative knots">Decorative knots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hitch_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of hitch knots">Hitches</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_friction_hitch_knots" title="List of friction hitch knots">friction</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mathematical_knots_and_links" title="List of mathematical knots and links">Mathematical</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_knotting" title="Chinese knotting">Chinese knotting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knot_density" title="Knot density">Density</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_knotting" class="mw-redirect" title="History of knotting">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Guild_of_Knot_Tyers" title="International Guild of Knot Tyers">International Guild of Knot Tyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macram%C3%A9" title="Macramé">Macramé</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mizuhiki" title="Mizuhiki">Mizuhiki</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Norigae" title="Norigae">Norigae</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ropework" title="Ropework">Ropework</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lashing_(ropework)" title="Lashing (ropework)">Lashing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rope_splicing" title="Rope splicing">Splicing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seizing" title="Seizing">Seizing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sennit" title="Sennit">Sennit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:0.3em;"><div> <ul><li> <span class="noviewer" 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