Loops

Types of Rope Loop Knots

Loops can be classified into various heads according to their structure. The double loop knots are stronger than the single loops and are frequently used in making footholds and handholds while climbing. They are usually made with a bight of rope instead of a single rope. The terminal knots are used for attaching fishing gear and by cowboys for capturing cattle. The midline loops can be used whenever you need a loop in the middle of a line. The sliding loops have noose-like action as they can be tightened as desired. If you don’t want that, you can opt for the fixed loops.

Double Loop Knots

• French bowline
• Spanish bowline
• Bowline on a bight
• Double figure 8 knot
• Handcuff knot

Single Loop Knots

• Poacher’s knot
• Non-slip (Kreh) loop knot
• Hangman’s (Noose) Knot
• Scaffold knot
• Diamond (lanyard) knot
• Honda knot
• Egg loop knot
• Slip knot
• Running bowline
• Double bowline knot
• Bowline knot
• Figure 9 loop knot
• Yosemite bowline
• Spider hitch
• Surgeon’s loop
• Directional figure 8
• Bimini twist
• Figure 8 on a bight
• Figure 8 follow through
• Perfection loop
• Rapala knot
• Dropper loop
• Alpine butterfly knot

End (Terminal) Loop Knots

• Bimini twist
• Bowline knot
• Honda knot
• Non-slip (Kreh) loop knot
• Hangman’s (Noose) Knot
• Perfection loop
• Poacher’s knot
• Rapala knot
• Running bowline
• Surgeon’s loop

Mid Line Rope Loops

• Alpine butterfly knot
• Bowline on a bight
• Directional figure 8
• Dropper loop
• Double figure 8 knot
• Figure 8 follow through
• Handcuff knot
• Spanish bowline

Adjustable (Sliding) Loop Knots

• Scaffold knot
• Slip knot
• French bowline
• Handcuff knot
• Poacher’s knot
• Hangman’s (Noose) Knot
• Running bowline

Fixed Loop Knots

• Perfection loop
• Bowline knot
• Alpine butterfly knot
• Surgeon’s loop
• Spanish bowline
• Bowline on a bight
• Double figure 8 knot