Step-By-Step: Basic Scout Knots

Overhand Knot

Square Knot (or Reef not, the classic joining knot.)

Right over left… Left over right… makes a knot tidy… and tight.

Granny Knot

(The Granny knot is very UNSAFE. This is why your shoelaces come untied!)

Right over left… Right over left… makes a knot ugly and WRONG.

Bowline

(The rescue knot.)

Make a loop (top to you). The rabbit goes out of the hole… around the tree… and back into the hole.

Sheet Bend

(Stronger than a Square Knot, especially good for joining different size lines..)

Make a loop in one end. The rabbit goes out of the hole… around the tree back under his path.

Slip Knot (Warning: This is a type of noose! This is a quick cinch knot.)

Make a loop. Pull a loop up through the loop. Pull tight.

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Half Hitch

Two Half Hitches (Taught-Line is much stronger.)

Loop over the top (Half Hitch) Second Half Hitch on the outside. Pull tight.

Taut-Line Hitch (Perfect for tying down your truck lid or a tent guy line.)

Loop over the top (Half Hitch) Loop over the top again. One last loop outside. Pull tight.

Clove Hitch

(For tying a rope to a tree or pole.)

Loop over the top. Loop around again below. Pull through the hole.

Figure-Eight (This classic “stopper knot keeps knots in place.)

Loop over the top Loop under Go through the hole Pull tight