Page 100 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

BINDING

KNOTS

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There are two kinds of binding knot: those that

pass around an object one or more times) with

the two ends of rope tied together, and those that

pass around an object two or more times, with

the ends of the rope tucked under the turns.

Likewise) binding knots serve two purposes.

Firstly) they either confine or constrict a single

object or, secondly) they can hold together two or

more objects. While whipping and seizing do

much the same as binding knots) they are not

considered binding knots because they have too

many turns and are therefore more like lashings .

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