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bubblyworld 3 days ago

Figure eight, bowline, slipknot, clove hitch, trucker's hitch (not really a knot but useful) and a sheet bend will cover you for like 99% of use-cases, including climbing haha.

stouset 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

If you learn some of these, you'll also see how interconnected many of them are.

A sheet bend and bowline knot are both wildly useful. But a bowline is just a single rope sheet-bent (sheet bended?) back onto itself! And a trucker's hitch is just a slip knot where you creatively use the slipped loop as a pulley.

justusthane 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I’d add the adjustable grip hitch to your (very good) list.

niccl 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A round-turn and two half-hitches is also useful.

And a highwayman's hitch, just for fun

shiandow 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I rarely use anything other than a bowline, midshipman's hitch (and variants, very useful) or zeppelin bend.

A reef bend also works, but has many ways to tie it wrong.

The most important thing is to know when to use what.