Hey guys! It is Markell Williams from Firefighter Ambitions. Before we get into tying knots,
we're going to cover some basic rope terminology. So stick with me.
So let's start with this rope. The end that we begin to start our knot on, that's known as the
working end or running end. The opposite end is known as a standing end. Now you
may also hear the term loop and there's a lot of confusion that happens with a
loop. So here's a loop. This is an overhand loop because the working end is
over the standing end. Now if you reverse that, this is known as an
underhand loop because the working end is underneath the standing end. You may
also hear the term turn. That means you're just going over an object like
this. You're not going completely around, you're just kind of like a bend over.
That's a turn. Now if you go all the way around an object and you create that
loop there that's called a round turn. Another term you may hear is a bight.
That's pretty much when you take one part of the rope and you touch another
part of the rope. That's the bight. A bend is just simply a bend. It's not a bight
it's just a bend. Now that we covered some basic terminology, let's get in and tie some knots.
Tying the bowline knot, you want to put the working end between two fingers. Come
over the rope, and create this here. Now what you want to do is you want take that
same working end, come around and then back through the hole. You're creating a
little mini bight here. So you grab both and pull and there goes your knot. Now there's another option to
tie the bowline it's called a snap bowline. So you take that same working end and
you create an underhand loop just, like that. You want to reach under, pull the
working end, you don't want to pull it all the way through just enough to make a
little loop. You want to grab the standing end of the rope, stick it
through that hole, pull it back to where you create like a little mini bight with
itself, grab both, grab the working end, snap it. There goes your snap bowline.
So tying the figure-eight knot. You are going to grab your rope, create a little bend, then you
want to bring it over your rope, all the way around it, and back up through the hole.
Tying the figure 8 on a bight. First thing you want to do is you want
to grab your rope, and you want to create a bight. You want to give yourself enough throw to where you can tie it.
So create a bight. You are going to take that bight, create a bend here,
come over, all the way around both parts of the rope, and then back
through the hole, and you just pull that loop through. Dress it up, figure eight on a bight.
Tying the figure eight follow through. What you want to do is you want to first create a
figure eight. So you want to create a bend in your rope make sure you give yourself
enough because you're going to need a lot. Then you are going come over, around ,and
back through your loop here. Give yourself a long tail because you're
gonna need it to complete the follow through. So give yourself plenty of
tail to work with. Now what you want to do, is you are going to take that same end of the rope that
you've made the figure eight with, grab a carabiner, your object that
you're going through. All you want to do is follow that same line all the way
back through. So following the same line following it, going through around because it's
coming around, now it's going down under, and around, so down on the under
and around. Now it's coming down under and back up through. So I'm going to do
the same thing. Down under, and back up through.
Tying a clove hitch knot. What you want to do is you want to take your rope, throw it over
your object. Give yourself enough here. You're going to come over and across
back over your object, just like this. You're going to come all the way around
it, under itself, and back up, and that's your clove hitch. So there's another way to
tie the clove hitch knot. What you want to do is you want to create two
underhand loops. So one, two. Now with that second loop what you want to do is just
put it over your first one, and you place it on your your object there and you got
your clove hitch knot.
Tying the half hitch knot. What you want to do is, you want to find your object. You
are going to come through your object, under the rope here, then all you will want to do is to make that
loop and come through the loop. Cinch it down. That is your half hitch.
Tying the square knot. What you're gonna do is you're going to grab your two equal
diameter ropes. You are going to take right. I'm going to go right over left first.
Right over left, then all I'm doing is taking that same rope from the right and
turning it over that first row. Now I'm going to give myself enough throw here
with the ropes. Now I did right over the left for the first one, now I'm going to
go left over right. Same thing left over right, doing a turn
over that same rope. Now all I'm doing is I am just going to cinch it down. Square knot.
Tying the sheet bend knot. First thing you want to do is you want to take your larger
diameter rope, create a bend. Okay now you want to take your smaller diameter
rope come under, and you're going to go over, now you're going to come under both
pieces of the larger diameter rope. So they're under both pieces. Now what you want to do
is you want to come over the larger diameter and back under yourself, the
smaller diameter, and all you do is pull it up, cinch it down. Sheet and bend knot.