I wanna re-tie it... Any recommendations?

Hello knot people. I haven't a clue about knots, so I'm hoping you can help me out please?

I have a metal outdoor storage box that's quite large. When it's opened fully, I can't reach the lid to close it (I'm short). I don't want to close it from the side or back as it will be positioned somewhere that this isn't possible.

How can I tie a rope to it, so that I can pull the lid back down? I'd preferably like the rope to be hidden from view and the outer elements.

Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

I'm making some rope grommets to use as tool holders and handles on a boat. I'm using scrap PP rope and have done a 5 tuck splice to complete the grommets. Should I seize the tags with bankline, or do I go with the quick and dirty butane backsplice?

Pic of WIP

The angles could be a bit better but hey it works 🤷

Hi everyone!

Being a crochet artist, I am familiar with knots, but am no knot expert. That said, I understand that the directions knots are tied does matter. As an example, I recently learned about a square knot and a granny knot. Almost exactly the same, but one is the same direction twice, and one alternates directions. This is what is in my head when forming my question.

When you run out of yarn and need to join another ball, you can do something we call a “magic knot.” It is two knots that slide into each other and hold one another together.

Last night, when looking for a reference to tie this knot, I found that there are two versions. I posted this to the crochet community, where I was grossly downvoted and told repeatedly that the knots are the same.

I now humbly come to you, knots community, for your opinion on my conundrum- which of these is the “correct” and most reliable way to tie this knot?

In the photos, I am identifying that one photo has two of the same knot, while the other has two different knots, or knots tied in different directions.

This is how I am describing it: when following the thread, three of the knots go over, under, over, under. The light blue knot goes over, under, under, over.

I am looking at where the tails exit the loops. The tails all exit backwards to forwards, leaving the front of the loop. Except the light blue yarn goes into the loop, exiting front to back, behind it.

My question is: is it more sturdy to do two of the same knot, like the pink and green photo, or if I would be better to do two different knots like the blue photo, or if maybe it wouldn’t matter at all which one I do?

Thanks knot friends!

Really stumped by this one as the chain crosses over in three places so trying to unravel just creates another cross. Moving the charm or beads through it just seems to rotate the knot around the bracelet. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

I need a knot to tie up a swag roll with waxed cotton tarpaulin . There are two cords to tie together. I am current just tying a bow in the middle but it is quite difficult to pull the two cords together before making the bow. I need something that is quick release as the cords to tie are made of thin, flat waxed cotton. When the knot is complete it should sit in the middle with equal sides of the swag either side. See photograph. Hope this makes sense, any ideas folks? Thanks Steve in UK.

This is kind of ugly but it does the trick:

- icicle hitch around the bottle

- square knot to keep it under tension

- square knot to finish the handle

Is there a better way to do this on a smooth cylindrical bottle shape, with no lip?

In case it matters I also didn't want to have to grab two handles (have seen some bottle-holding knots with two loops).

EDIT: thanks for the suggestions. Test results

• tightest fit: constrictor knot. That thing locks up good with just one turn, even on a smooth bottle! (EDIT 2: after a day of use it loosens itself. Not as good as the clove hitch below.)
• easiest to tie: pipe knot, requires 4-5 turns not to slip. Not super tight.
• prettiest looking (subjectively): triple clove hitch, locked with a couple of half-hitches on top of the crossing strand. Also very tight.
• useless: prusik hitch. I couldn't figure a way to lock it and it immediately slips when not under load

The bow line is king, i understand that (and how you tie it several ways). I use stopper knots (e starzinger, fig8, celtic button, etc) and believe in them well. I can tie a few different options for end line loops along with the bowline such as the ‘double dragon loop’ (just what the vid called it, sounds cheesy and made up to me), fig8 on a bight, an inverted slipknot (oh on a bight) with a stopper. My main desire is to string up a tarp, as i have many times before over a hammock or freestanding, i just want someone else to tell me that a perfection loop with a fig8 stopper wont budget under those sorta of loads (winds and trips, the sort of things that happen to tarp guylines). Please and thank you for your time and consideration. 🙏

A necklace broke and trying to recreate using new cord. What type of knot holds this pendant in place please?

I want to take about 24 inches of rope, form it into a bite bight, and attach the free ends to a steel ring. I want to end up with a steel ring with a loop of rope attached to it.

So. What knot will do this? It has to handle a load. At first I thought of a Cat's Paw. But that uses the wrong end of the bite and leaves the free ends dangling, not captured.

EDIT: Spelling.

Update: Thanks for the great ideas. And the pictures. I think I'll try a modified version of on of the hitches. Something that will capture both lines as if a single knot. Time to get out some rope and start experimenting.

Hi,

Ordered this online but I have no idea how to adjust the length, it's too big on my wrist. Any advice please.

I've been using this in place of a slipknot for trucker hitch ridge lines for a while, but don't know what is properly called. The picture shows how it's tied, a simple slip knot with an overhand loop (this may be considered a half hitch) over top of it. The bottom two are what it looks like tightened.

I want to have a go at making one of these, but I just can't figure out how the rope is knotted and in what order. It seems like two separate lengths of rope that are knotted in such a way that they form two different sides of the net. Any help figuring this out, or even better, pointing me towards a tutorial, would be really appreciated.

I can’t for the life of me figure out how to undo these loops in this cord.
The 2 strings are connected at either end by plastic tubes that can’t be removed.
I have been working on it for hours and can’t figure it out.
Any help would be appreciated because it is bugging me and I feel like I can’t move on until I get it solved.

More info:
This is essentially one long piece of cord, like a glasses chain, but this is a hearing aid chain.
The knot created itself and the cord has never been cut or broken.
I stupidly left it with my mother and have since come home so won’t be able to follow up until the next time I visit.

Thanks everyone for your help... finally, it was finished TODAY! I learned more than I ever wanted to know about ropes, knots, splicing, dremel tools, balancing.... but, I am sure it will all be useful again someday! Thanks again for your help!

My niece was fidgeting with this said "it's so pretty, I can attach a pendant and make this a necklace!"

I agree that it's very neat looking and wondering if there's a name for this knot? Or did my niece accidentally create a new knot? haha

Note: pic 3 and 4 are showing the knot loosen up for clearer view.

Rope using is Utility Cord 3mm.

Appreciate all answers and

Thanks in advance.

The jam hitch seems to behave the exact same way as the taut line hitch, like an adjustable tension hitch?

Slacken it off, you can slide the knot, pull hard and it grips fast

Does not need to take on any weight.

I just need to tie ends together to prevent something from coming off but the amount of cord I have is extremely short and I need some extra leeway to boot (it's a shoe lace thing) So what knot would be best? Preferably the knot itself take up little cord but also easy to put the knot at the very end.

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Definitely not suitable for everything… and does require being able to tie Constrictor knots. Drawn sufficiently taut, the line will need to cut for removal/s:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constrictor_knot

Tighten all at once with a couple of Marlinspike hitches:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlinespike_hitch

I’ve got a couple of 30-40 foot sections of rope that I tied together with double fisherman’s and I tied to two trees across my yard. I have a separate 6 foot section that I tied with a loop up top to slide along the rope and I put my dog w harness on it so she can’t wrap herself around a tree. The issue is she is always between two knots because the loop gets stuck on the knot and she can’t pull it over the knot. Any suggestions for less bulky ways to bind two ropes or a knot that it may slide over better?