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Household

Everday knots can be used around the home for all kinds of
tasks from hanging pictures and tying back curtains to securing
a clothesline, making decorative bows, and tying shoelaces.

Round Turn and Two

Half Hitches » pp.180–81
Ideal for attaching picture
cord to the hanging rings
or screw eyes on the back of
picture frames.

Also useful for tying a line
to a fixed object, such as Similar knots:
a clothesline to its pole. » pp.182–83
Buntline Hitch
Can be untied even when » pp.184–85
under strain. Fisherman’s Bend

Manrope Knot » pp.61–71

A perfect knot for tying
back curtains when
threaded through an Eye
Splice (see pp.342–46).

Can also make an end
for a rope handrail. Similar knots:
» pp.49–53
Can be made bulkier by Monkey’s Fist
following the pattern » pp.72–77
around for a third time. Diamond Knot