Knot
A knot is a fixed looping of a piece of string or rope. Knots are often used for binding things together. While a knot is often made from rope, it can also be made from many other things. In fact, a knot is actually the condition a long flexible object is in. For example, hair can be tied in a knot. The ends of balloons are tied in a knot to prevent the air from escaping. The average person over 5 or so years of age is likely capable of tying a knot; most of these knots people tie are probably with their shoelaces. Ribbons are also tied in a knot so as to appear pretty, as when wrapped around a gift. In addition, knots are also made by sailors in many different forms and for many different purposes. There are even people who have adopted knot-making as a hobby.
Knot Media
- Nordisk familjebok knots:*
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- Yarn knot (ABoK #2688)*
- Manrope knot (ABoK #847)*
- Granny knot (ABoK #1206)*
- Wall and crown knot (ABoK #670, #671)*
- Matthew Walker's knot (ABoK #681)*
- Shroud knot (ABoK #1580)*
- Turk's head knot (ABoK #1278-#1397)*
- Overhand knot, Figure-of-eight knot (ABoK #514, #520)*
- Reef knot, Square knot (ABoK #1402)*
- Two half-hitches (ABoK #54)*
An example of a quipu from the Inca Empire, currently in the Larco Museum Collection.
Alexander the Great cuts the Gordian Knot (1767)
Alexander cuts the Gordian Knot, by Jean-Simon Berthélemy (1743–1812)
Blackfoot "Teton" tipi tie
Sailors learning knots and ropework in the early 20th century
Related pages
More reading
- Iggulden, Hal; Iggulden, Conn (2007). "The Five Knots Every Boy Should Know". The Dangerous Book for Boys. New York: HarperCollins. pp. 9–11. ISBN 978-0061243585.