A knot is an intentional complication in cordage which may be practical or decorative, or both. Practical knots are classified by function, including hitches, bends, loop knots, and splices: a hitch f
Knot board [es] on Elbe 1 (ship, 1965)
An example of a quipu from the Inca Empire, currently in the Larco Museum Collection.
Alexander Cuts the Gordian Knot, by Jean-Simon Berthélemy (1743–1812)
Gordian Knot statue (1990)
The trucker's hitch is a compound knot commonly used for securing loads on trucks or trailers. The general arrangement, using loops and turns in the rope itself to form a crude block and tackle, has l
Trucker's hitch with alpine butterfly loop
Truckers' Hitch With Simple Slip knot as upper loop
Truckers' Hitch With Twisted Slip knot as upper loop
Truckers' Hitch With Figure-eight slip knot / noose as upper loop