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Uses and Options: Choose what you want to do and make a selection from a list of the options. Joining Ends of Two Ropes Stop a Rope's End Unraveling Make a Loop in a Piece of Rope Tow a Log or Spar Lashings | Basic Knots Attach Rope to Pole or Ring Take the Load Off a Taut Line Lift Barrel with Rope Slide and Grip Knots Secure a Tarpaulin Make a Rope Ladder Stopper Knot Shorten a Rope | Select the Use You NeedThe list above provides you with some of the uses you are likely to need while scouting. Visualize what you would like to do. Move the mouse over the items. Read the description. Click on the item you decide best meets your needs.
Merit Badges and Advancement RequirementsKnots Required by Scouting OrganizationsSome national organizations specify detailed requirements for advancement and for various activities. These lists change with time and some are overdue for revision because they contain errors or knots of almost no value. Other countries describe projects and activities that involve using knots, but provide no specified lists. The lists below were compiled from data on websites in the US and UK: Required Knots, USFrom www.USScouts.org (effective January 1, 2010): - Boy Scout Joining Requirement
- Square Knot
- Tenderfoot
- Two Half Hitches, Taut-Line Hitch
- First Class
- Timber Hitch, Clove Hitch, Square Lashing, Shear Lashing, Diagonal Lashing.
Merit Badge Knots, USThanks to Matt Sorensen who helped me compile this this list from www.scouting.org: - Climbing Merit Badge
- Double Fisherman's Knot (Grapevine Knot), Figure Eight on a Bight,
Figure Eight Follow-Through, Safety knot, Water knot. - Fishing Merit Badge
- Blood Loop (Barrel Knot), Clinch, Double Surgeon's Loop, Palomar,
Pioneering Merit Badge - Bowline, Round Turn with Two Half Hitches, Sheepshank (included regretfully),
Sheet Bend, Square knot. - Rowing Merit Badge
- Bowline, Clove Hitch, Round Turn with Two Half-Hitches,
- plus a couple of other knots, animation not available
Small Boat Sailing Merit Badge - Bowline, Cleat Hitch, Clove Hitch, Figure Eight Knot, Square (Reef) Knot,
- Two Half Hitches.
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-- UNDER CONSTRUCTION -- CHECK BACK LATER
Scouting Knots Scouting Knots Welcome to Scouting KnotsThese animated knots are described for scouts, but most of them have critical uses in other environments. Select the knots from: the index above left; the pictures above; or the Scouting Requirements page which provides details of the knots expected for advancement and different activities. SelectionThe selection of knots is based on consultation with many scouting leaders and a review of the requirements by some national organizations. ChoicesRather than show the Fisherman's Knot the Double Fisherman's is used because it is safer and more widely used. The Fisherman's can easily be created by substituting Overhand Knots for the Double Overhand Knots. The Sheepshank is included reluctantly for reasons explained on its page. I make no apology for also including the Constrictor and Alpine Butterfly. They are both useful and more valuable than the Sheepshank. Optional KnotsSome additional knots which have been listed for teaching to scouts are described elsewhere on this website: the Water Knot, the Bowline on a Bight, the Carrick Bend, and the Sailmaker's Whipping. The Tautline Hitch is regarded as a variation of the Rolling Hitch. The Double Sheet Bend is pictured on the Sheet Bend Page. The Pipe Hitch is not described as several knots appear to share this name, one of which is the same as the Klemheist. The Masthead or Jury Knot is not described here as it appears to have limited use but you can find how to make it on the page about the Masthead Knot Mat in the decorative section. So far at least, the Cat's paw, Draw Hitch, and Honda are not included.
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