One of the first skills that humanity has mastered is knitting various knots. The most simple and popular in terms of application is a self-tightening loop. It is the simplest form of a garrote whose loop serves as an anchor for a rope. There are many types of such a loop, the tightening nodal design is very simple and reliable.

Using a nodal connection

The self-tightening rope knot found its greatest use in the navy. They are the most simple and reliable, learning to knit them is not difficult. In addition, such loops are actively used in mountaineering and maritime affairs, however, their use is quite possible in home life.

The main use of such tightening knots helps in the following cases:

The main purpose of self-tightening nodal connections is to fix the rope on a stationary object or the ability to fix the load on the cable itself, while the load itself will move along the nodal product.

How to make such a design

The main feature of such a loop is that it will be reliable in the presence of a load on the running end. At the same time, it must be on an ongoing basis, otherwise such a nodal structure will untie without any problems. The sequence of actions to create such a node:

1. We select a support to secure the node, for example, a tree trunk, a pole or other support. We make a half ring around the base;
2. Next, we draw the end under the main rope and push it into the created loop;
3. We stretch the running end and tighten the nodal connection.

The result is a really high-quality knot that will press the running end to the base, preventing it from being untied.

Varieties of self-tightening loops

There are a considerable number of different self-tightening knots, but we Consider the most popular and used in various fields:

Standard self-tightening loop applied on the cable, which is fixed on the crossbar for a variety of bags. This helps to protect supplies from moisture and rodents. It can also become easily untied. It is necessary to insert the running end of the folded loop into the loop, in this case, if necessary, quickly untie it, just pull the end of the nodal structure.

For bracelet

In the manufacture of various handicrafts, it is required to fasten the thread with self-tightening knots.

Jewelry that fastens with a slip knot is popular, allowing you to adjust the length of the bracelet.

Self-tightening nodal joints for handicrafts should be made according to the following scheme:

Similar designs are present in various fields, one of them is fishing. With their help, fishing lines, hooks, wobblers and other fishing accessories are tied. It turns out a high-quality nodal version that does not require special knitting skills. At the same time, it is reliable, since a small load is located at one of the ends.

It can be said that the self-tightening type loop is quite common and reliable, it is used both in everyday life and in marine business. But we must remember that some designs can be reliable only if there is a constant load on the running end. In addition, they are able to withstand a load proportional to the density of the material from which the rope is made for tying a knot. Good luck with your self-tightening rope connections!

Rice. 78. Bosun's knot (Spanish gazebo)

French top knot(Fig. 79). The loops of this knot on the tops of the masts of sailing ships served to fasten the backstays, which tied the free ends of the knot into them with a clew knot, tied them with a straight knot and thus received a third loop, which was used to fasten the stay. One knot simultaneously fastened three pieces of standing rigging.

Rice. 79. French ready knot

Top node(Fig. 80). It was also used on the tops of the masts of sailing ships instead of yokes with butts (forged rings with staples) for fastening backstays and stays. This knot was used for fastening temporary guys when installing masts and driving piles,

In English, the name of this knot is “Shamrock Knot”, which means shamrock (hare cabbage or sour), which is the emblem of Ireland. The knot can be used on the shore for attaching flagpoles and antenna masts, seedling trees, etc. If you have a jug, the neck of which has a more or less large protrusion, using the top knot, you can make a convenient handle for it.

But the best way, as the author of the book was convinced, is to use this knot for carrying watermelons and large melons. After all, once on military sailing ships it was used to carry nuclei. From a piece of any cable 3 meters long, a reliable basket for the largest watermelon is obtained. At the same time, the knot should not be completely tightened, and its three loops should be tied with two free ends. Of the four known ways of knitting this top knot, the one shown in the diagram is considered the best.

Fig.80. Top node

"South Cross"(Fig. 81). Such a romantic name was given to this knot by sailors of the distant past. Sometimes it is called "Sea Cross" In essence, this is also a top knot, but of a different knitting method and principle. If you stretch out three loops of the knot, then it will turn out to be a cross in shape (hence the name). This node was used earlier for the same purposes as the top node.

Rice. 81. Southern Cross

Running simple knot(Fig. 82). This is the simplest knot that forms a tightening loop. When pulling at the root end, the loop is tightened, but it can be increased in size by pulling the running end away from the loop. A knot can be tied anywhere on the rope. With it, you can tighten a bag, tie a bale, attach a cable to something, moor a boat behind a pile.

Rice. 82. Running simple knot

sliding figure eight(Fig. 83). Based on the figure-eight principle, this knot belongs to the category of reliable, highly tightened loops. It has the property of smoothly and evenly tightening when pulling at the root end.

Rice. 83. Sliding figure eight

Sliding blind loop(Fig. 84). This simple and durable knot can be used in everyday life for tightening various bales and bundles during their packing. Knitting a knot is extremely simple and does not require any comments.

Rice. 84. Sliding blind loop

running bowline(Fig. 85). A running bowline is the same bow knot with a small loop into which the root end is passed. It is based on the lasso principle. The running bowline works flawlessly. In maritime affairs, it is used to catch floating logs and driftwood, they are looking for and raising Admiralty anchors left at the bottom.

Rice. 85. Running bowline

Silk knot(Fig. 86). This knot is borrowed from the uncomplicated technique of birders. Snares made from horsehair or the thinnest nylon line with such a knot work flawlessly. The silk knot is considered one of the most smoothly and easily tightened knots.

Rice. 86. Silk knot

scaffold knot(Fig. 87). The name of the node indicates its purpose. This is one of the ancient knots developed by the centuries-old practice of the death penalty by hanging. However, despite its gloomy purpose, it can be successfully used for many other purposes, for example, for temporarily attaching a cable to various objects.

Rice. 87. Scaffold knot

Tightening noose(Fig. 88). Like the previous one, this node is also called scaffold, or "hanging" node. But despite this, it also finds other uses in maritime affairs. It is used for temporary fastening of a cable for objects floating in the water or for throwing and fastening a cable for any object on the shore. This knot has an advantage even over such a good knot as a garrote with half bayonets (see Fig. 65), in that the running end of the cable cannot slip out of the loop, and therefore a tightening garrote is considered more reliable.

On sailboats, this knot was used to fasten the root ends of the mars-sheets and mars-git and other gear in those cases when it was necessary to have these ends ready for recoil.

To tie this knot, the cable is laid in the form of two loops of the same size. Both loops are surrounded several times with the running end of the cable, after which this end is passed into the loop facing the root of the cable, and, pulling out the extreme loop, they are clamped in it. A tightening noose can always be easily untied by pulling on the root of the cable.

This gloomy knot can be used well in maritime affairs in two ways. Firstly, according to the scheme of its knitting, it is convenient to store the cable in the form of a compact bay. By making this knot without a loop at the running end of the throwing end, you will get excellent lightness. If you find it not heavy enough, dip it in water before use.

Rice. 88. Tightening noose

"Drunken" knot(Fig. 89). In this section of knots there are knots with two tightening loops. When pulling simultaneously on the running and root ends, the loops are tightened. From time immemorial, this knot in Rus' was called “drunk”: apparently, it was used to pacify excessively roaming people, putting loops on the wrists behind the back and tying the ends on the chest.

Rice. 89. “Drunken” node

shackle knot(Fig. 90). It is very similar to the "drunk" knot. Its name in English means "handcuffs". A node can serve the same purpose. Despite the external similarity, these are two different nodes (see Fig. 90 and 89). In any case, without untying them and removing the ends from the central loop, it is impossible to turn one knot into another. Some sailors call this knot a double top knot, as it is sometimes used similarly to a top knot (see fig. 80).

The Lynch Knot, How It Came to Be and Why It Is Necessary to Delve into English History.

Lynch's knot or Lynch's loop, as it is also called, appeared a long time ago, but its original name was lost and therefore unknown. This knot was used in nautical business for fastening gear and was a strong, evenly tightened loop.

In those days, the death penalty was practiced, namely, chopping off the head. These executions were carried out manually and therefore were not always successful. Often the execution turned into a mockery of the executed. Especially famous was Jack Ketch, who served the English kings Charles II and James II from 1663 to 1686. He was distinguished by inability, and often thoughtful sadism in the execution of the sentence. This is what prompted the authorities to find new types and devices for more humane executions.

This is how the gallows appeared, and the knot that was used for hanging was borrowed from maritime practice. So he got his first name that has survived to this day - hanging. Otherwise, it is also called scaffold.

This knot became the Lynch knot two centuries later, in the late 1860s, when in America, during the Civil War, freed slaves began to take revenge on their former masters. A slave who raised his hand against a white man was executed by hanging on the spot, without trial or investigation. Such hasty reprisals became known as lynching. According to one version, the name arose in honor of the American judge Charles Lynch, who practiced hanging in the Revolutionary War. According to another, it was formed from the name of Captain William Lynch, who introduced the "Lynch Law" on extrajudicial corporal punishment. For the sake of justice, it is worth noting that in this law of 1780, not a word was said about the death penalty. However, when hanging, the same sea knot was used, which this time was called the Lynch knot.

Applications

The Lynch knot is widely used in maritime affairs. They temporarily attach the cable to objects floating in the water. Or they use it when throwing and attaching a cable to any object on the shore.

In addition, it can be used when fishing to connect fishing line and gear, as well as a drop weight.

The Lynch knot is very secure because the end of the cable cannot slip out of the loop if it becomes loose.

The Big Book of Knots. Fishing, hunting, sea, tourist, climbing, household Demus Valery Anatolyevich

Drawstring loops

Drawstring loops

And now let's look at some types of knots related to tightening loop knots.

Sliding blind loop

This knot is identical in its tasks and properties to the previous one, its only difference is that when it is knitted, a double loop is formed, which increases the reliability of fastening.

Rice. 10. Sliding blind loop

Sequence of tying a knot sliding blind loop

1. Fold the running end of the cable into an open loop.

2. Raise the base of the loop and lay it perpendicular to the main ends of the cable, so that two closed loops are formed as a result. Run the running and root ends of the cable through the loops, making a bypass of their inner sides.

3. Tighten the knot.

scaffold

The scaffold knot has a long history and a fairly wide scope. But it so happened that it received its modern name (gallows knot or scaffold knot) due to the fact that for several centuries it was used for execution by hanging. And yet, despite the gloomy name, in maritime affairs, the main purpose of such a knot is to temporarily fasten the cable for objects located on the surface of the water or on the shore, fasten sailing equipment on ships (for example, they fix the root ends of the topsheets). The knot is reliable, not subject to self-loosening, does not actually weaken the rope, if necessary, can be quickly disbanded, even if a significant load is applied.

Rice. eleven. scaffold

Scaffold knot tying sequence

1. Lay the running end of the cable in the form of a zigzag, so that two opposite open loops are obtained.

2. Draw the running end of the cable for at least five turns around the loops in the direction from the bottom up. Insert the free part of the running end into the upper loop.

3. Pulling the main loop and the root end of the cable, tighten the knot.

"Drunk" knot

The unusual name of this knot with two tightening loops arose from the fact that it was used to subdue hooligans by putting loops on the wrists behind the back and tying the loose ends on the chest. In the sailing fleet, the knot was used to quickly fix gear for two spaced attachment points.

Rice. 12."Drunk" knot

The sequence of tying a "drunk" knot

1. Stepping back from the edge of the cable, fold the running end in a spiral, with two closed loops superimposed on each other, where the running end should be under the root end of the cable.

2. Draw the intersecting sides of the loops into adjacent loops: the upper part into the right loop, the lower one into the left loop.

3. Tighten the loops and tie a stop knot.

Fasteners and hinges Removable hinges are of particular importance in collapsible furniture products. This type of loop is subdivided into Friday and card loops. In fig. below is a Friday loop with a stop (a). The loop consists of the upper and lower cards, used for hanging large