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href="/wiki/Reef_knot" title="Reef knot">Reef knot</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">Non-jamming</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Typical use</th><td class="infobox-data">Tying shoelaces, <a href="/wiki/Bow_tie" title="Bow tie">bow ties</a>, decorative bows</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/The_Ashley_Book_of_Knots" title="The Ashley Book of Knots">ABoK</a></th><td class="infobox-data">#1212, #2403, #2404, #2411</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_shoelace.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Red_shoelace.jpg/330px-Red_shoelace.jpg" decoding="async" width="298" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Red_shoelace.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="441" data-file-height="259" /></a><figcaption>Close-up of a shoelace knot.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>shoelace knot</b>, or <b>bow knot</b>, is commonly used for tying <a href="/wiki/Shoelaces" title="Shoelaces">shoelaces</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bow_tie" title="Bow tie">bow ties</a>. </p><p>The shoelace knot is a <a href="/wiki/Slipped_knot" class="mw-redirect" title="Slipped knot">doubly slipped</a> <a href="/wiki/Reef_knot" title="Reef knot">reef knot</a> formed by joining the ends of whatever is being tied with a <a href="/wiki/Half_hitch" title="Half hitch">half hitch</a>, folding each of the exposed ends into a loop (<a href="/wiki/Bight_(knot)" title="Bight (knot)">bight</a>) and joining the loops with a second half hitch. The size of the loops and the length of the exposed ends are adjusted when the knot is tied. It has the stability of the reef knot but is significantly easier to untie, simply by pulling the ends away from the center of the knot. </p><p>The loops are sometimes referred to as "bunny ears", especially when the knot is taught to children. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Techniques">Techniques</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shoelace_knot&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Techniques"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are several ways to tie a shoelace knot; each starts with the tying of a half hitch, and requires attention or some habitual mechanism for arriving at a knot that is an elaboration of the reef (or square) knot rather than of the granny (or lubber's) knot. If the bow is horizontal across the opening the bow is correctly and securely tied, but if vertical is likely to slip. One approach is to start by taking, in each hand, the end of the lace that emerges from the uppermost eyelet on that hand's side of the shoe; then passing the <i>dominant</i> hand's end <i>under</i> the other end, from front toward back, and dropping each lace on the opposite side from where it started; and in the finishing step again grasping the lace on each side with the hand on that side (perhaps taking time to note that because each end crossed over the shoe before, the laces have switched hands – or vice versa, the hands have switched laces) and again passing the <i>dominant</i> hand's end <i>under</i> the other end, from front toward back. </p> <ul><li>The simplest approach to describe is to also form a loop by bending each lace end back toward the closest part of the same lace, then join the two loops in another half hitch, in the second passing-back-under described before these bullet points.</li> <li>Another common procedure (especially for bow ties)<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 to form a loop at one of the ends of the initial half-hitch, and circle it with the other end, which is simultaneously folded into a second loop that is then pushed through the knot.</li> <li>The quickest approach is said to be one involving making one loop between the thumb and forefinger of each hand, and pulling each loop through the other; speed probably requires acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Muscle_memory" title="Muscle memory">muscle memory</a> via repetition that is guided by a sequence of images.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="More_secure_shoe-tying_knots">More secure shoe-tying knots <span class="anchor" id="Other_more_secure_knots"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shoelace_knot&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: More secure shoe-tying knots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A variation of the procedure involves looping the top part of the knot twice instead of once, resulting in a finished bow of almost identical appearance but with the laces wrapped twice around the middle. This Double Slip Knot holds the shoelaces more securely tied while still allowing them to be untied with a (slightly firmer) pull on the loose end(s).<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> One variation, the subject of a U.S. patent, begins with a <a href="/wiki/Surgeon_knot" class="mw-redirect" title="Surgeon knot">surgeon knot</a> and has an upper double slip knot on top of that.<sup id="cite_ref-Shoelace_knot_patent_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shoelace_knot_patent-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lace locking can be added for additional security.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A_less_secure_shoe-tying_knot">A less secure shoe-tying knot <span class="anchor" id="Other_less_secure_knots"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shoelace_knot&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: A less secure shoe-tying knot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tying two consecutive right-over-left half knots (or two consecutive left-over-right half knots) produces, instead of a square-knot-like bow-knot, a much less secure version corresponding to the <a href="/wiki/Granny_knot" title="Granny knot">granny knot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This version will also produce asymmetrical slips; one pointing down, the other up. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_corset_bow">The corset bow</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shoelace_knot&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The corset bow"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Just as it is possible to stack a number of half hitches to create a longer knot – remembering the reverse direction each time – which is equivalent to tying one reef knot on top of another, so bows which need to reduce long lengths, such as corset tapes, can be tied on top of each other, slipping every other layer. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shoelace_knot001.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Shoelace_knot001.svg/400px-Shoelace_knot001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Shoelace_knot001.svg/600px-Shoelace_knot001.svg.png 1.5x, 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colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_bend_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of bend knots">Bends</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_bend" title="Adjustable bend">Adjustable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albright_special" title="Albright special">Albright special</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley%27s_bend" title="Ashley's bend">Ashley's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butterfly_bend" title="Butterfly bend">Alpine butterfly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basket_weave_knot" title="Basket weave knot">Basket weave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beer_knot" title="Beer knot">Beer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blood_knot" title="Blood knot">Blood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrick_bend" title="Carrick bend">Carrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_fisherman%27s_knot" title="Double fisherman's knot">Double fisherman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisherman%27s_knot" title="Fisherman's knot">Fisherman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flemish_bend" title="Flemish bend">Flemish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grief_knot" title="Grief knot">Grief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halyard_bend" title="Halyard bend">Halyard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harness_bend" title="Harness bend">Harness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heaving_line_bend" title="Heaving line bend">Heaving line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunter%27s_bend" title="Hunter's bend">Hunter's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nail_knot" title="Nail knot">Nail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One-sided_overhand_bend" class="mw-redirect" title="One-sided overhand bend">One-sided overhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racking_bend" title="Racking bend">Racking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheet_bend" title="Sheet bend">Sheet</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Shoelace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shroud_knot" title="Shroud knot">Shroud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simple_Simon_under" title="Simple Simon under">Simple Simon under</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Single_carrick_bend" title="Single carrick bend">Single carrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surgeon%27s_knot" title="Surgeon's knot">Surgeon's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surgeon%27s_loop" title="Surgeon's loop">Surgeon's loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_fisherman%27s_knot" title="Triple fisherman's knot">Triple fisherman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_lover%27s_knot" title="True lover's knot">True lover's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_knot" title="Water knot">Water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeppelin_bend" title="Zeppelin bend">Zeppelin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_binding_knots" title="List of binding knots">Binding</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/Boa_knot" title="Boa knot">Boa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bottle_sling" title="Bottle sling">Bottle sling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constrictor_knot" title="Constrictor knot">Constrictor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corned_beef_knot" title="Corned beef knot">Corned beef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granny_knot" title="Granny knot">Granny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ground-line_hitch" title="Ground-line hitch">Ground-line hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamming_knot" title="Jamming knot">Jamming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miller%27s_knot" title="Miller's knot">Miller's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Packer%27s_knot" title="Packer's knot">Packer's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reef_knot" title="Reef knot">Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strangle_knot" title="Strangle knot">Strangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thief_knot" title="Thief knot">Thief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transom_knot" title="Transom knot">Transom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_climbing_knots" title="List of climbing knots">Climbing</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/Autoblock" title="Autoblock">Autoblock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bachmann_knot" title="Bachmann knot">Bachmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beer_knot" title="Beer knot">Beer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowline_on_a_bight" title="Bowline on a bight">Bowline on a bight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butterfly_loop" title="Butterfly loop">Alpine butterfly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directional_figure_eight" title="Directional figure eight">Directional figure eight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_bowline" title="Double bowline">Double bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmer%27s_loop" title="Farmer's loop">Farmer's loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figure-eight_knot" title="Figure-eight knot">Figure-eight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figure-eight_loop" title="Figure-eight loop">Figure-eight loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figure-of-nine_loop" title="Figure-of-nine loop">Figure-of-nine loop</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/Klemheist_knot" title="Klemheist knot">Klemheist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munter_hitch" title="Munter hitch">Munter hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noose" title="Noose">Noose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overhand_loop" title="Overhand loop">Overhand loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prusik" title="Prusik">Prusik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trident_loop" title="Trident loop">Trident loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yosemite_bowline" title="Yosemite bowline">Yosemite bowline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Coiling" title="Coiling">Coils</a> &<br /> shanks</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/Chain_sinnet" title="Chain 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 href="/wiki/Icicle_hitch" title="Icicle hitch">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 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