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I have a SUV with a roof rack on it, the rack is 2 bars perpendicular to the vehicle and approx 1 metre apart. Normally I'd use 2 ropes, one on each bar and use a trucker's hitch on each bar. Today, I could only find one longer rope that connects to one of the bars, then wraps around ladder and bar at each point where the ladder touches the rack. The trucker's hitch is then formed on the second bar and is cinched up pretty tight, however I could still move the ladder on the front bar a little. It seems that over the length of the rope it cannot hold as much tension on the front bar as it can on the second bar where the hitch is. Just wondering if another approach might be more effective at distributing more even tension or just resign myself to needing 2 ropes.

I saw this knot in the Nike Air Force 1 Year of Snake limited edition sneakers, and loved it, so I would want to make something similar to hang on my wall or sth. but I could not find what it was on the web. I am new to this sub and have no experience with knots but I am keen to learn if I can find what it is.

Any idea what knot this is or what knots are used in making it?

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Looking for extra resistance when I do chin-ups. I’m after a knot that I can tie a weight plate to eg 5 to 10 pounds and remove the plate quickly. So it would be one knot to tie around waist probably bowline and then another to hold the weight.

Looking for help with a knot. I want to tie a loop with a knot were:

• pulling in the two ends forming the loop will tighten the knot
• pulling the two loose ends tightens the loop.
• the two loose ends can be secured with two half hitches each afterwards

It most be tied in a monofilament fishing line

The purpose is to make a loop to secure and tighten two rings towards each other. The rings are pulled too a solid stop and should be secured against the stop, but they are force loaded away from each other.

The knot is not to be untied again.

Hi, sorry if this is the incorrect sub and I would appreciate redirection fi it is, but I have two wall-mounted hooks and due to residing in a rental, plan to use these to hold up my guitar rack. I am looking for tutorials on tying these two together but am unsure of the type of knot to search for. Thank you :)

i learned this from a rescue tech course where they gave tips on creating knots. they say it's a bowline but a real bowline is nowhere remotely the same

For another winter coat of mine. The other one only has one strand contrarily to what's shown in the pic. I thought of maybe using a slipknot, but I fear the loop to get too small during use, and thus accidentally untying it.

Overrated: knots that are taught or talked about a lot, yet better alternatives exist or use cases are few and far between

Underrated: knots that are rarely taught or talked about yet they are a standout in their class, or they do something no other knot does

I'll start:

Overrated:

The square knot/reef knot. It's an okay binding knot but it's hard to bind something tightly, it tends to jam, and it is easy to tie wrong as the Granny knot. Yet it seems to be the first knot in every little booklet, scouting course, and so on. Some people (attempt to) tie their shoes with it every day, and their shoelaces come undone all the time, and they just accept this...

The sheepshank. I see this a lot in scouting manuals and such "to shorten rope" but it only holds under tension. Has anyone ever used a sheepshank? Maybe it does get used but just not in the circles I frequent??

Underrated:

The slipped "lapp" knot / slipped reverse sheet bend as a binding knot. I learned this knot last year or so and now I tie my shoes with it. I wrap my leftovers with it. I find myself using it everywhere. It's not shown in ABOK except as a "decorative bathrobe cord" knot (#1224). Where has this knot been all my life?

What is the purpose of the yosamite finish to the bowline? I have heard it’s stronger but is that actually proven?

What tidy knot can I use to tie on this clip? It currently is two overlapped surgeons knots and just normal over-hand knot.. and I hate it 🤣

Note - there is two loose ends strings, waxed cord - bonus points for sturdiness as it's for a dummy clip.

My daughter and I have matching bracelets and the knot came out of hers. Pictured is mine. It's a small piece of cording wrapped around the main cording. I'd like to know what it's called so I can look up a tutorial to fix her bracelet. Thank you!

I want to tie some string to a jump ring basically. I saw this really aesthetically pleasing way of doing just that on Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/listing/1331805070/phone-charm-strap-handmade-strap-cell). Does anyone know how this knot is called so I can learn how to do it?

I brought this birthday present for my little brother. The knot is part of the boxbollen and it has been tangled. How do I untie this? It’s very tiny.

My daughter has a drink bottle that she attaches to her bag strap using one of these magnetic mounts - Fidlock TWIST tex base multi.

However, the plastic magnetic base (left in photo) is held in place using some kind of figure-8 rubber band (right in photo):

Magnetic base (Left), Figure-8 Rubber Band Mount (Right)

You can sort of see how it threads around the strap here (the bottle clips onto the front, so you need to keep the front clear of any straps/string):

https://preview.redd.it/gup1s349h4fe1.png?width=1390&format=png&auto=webp&s=33a2e259edc30649806120100fcbf3bcde111832

I was thinking of replacing the broken rubber band with paracord of similar diameter (3mm) - however, I have no idea how to finish the knot

This photo is using copper wire for now, as it has more structure - the paracord will be under some tension, since it needs to hold the plastic mount in place:

https://preview.redd.it/jxjpibtxh4fe1.jpg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=18fa30552a4b6b91007fbffbffdee577b8e7805f

https://preview.redd.it/bn2m9x6jh4fe1.png?width=1390&format=png&auto=webp&s=657af8a1098ae8af4ad3a8b2151bcca9a8c02390

Firstly - is this a silly idea, or is it something that is possible?

And secondly - does anybody know any suggestions for a knot that could work here - that I could tension the paracord, tie the knot, then snip off the remainder?