Knots & practical skills
Three useful knots to practise at home
A fixed loop, an adjustable guyline and a way to join cord: a small, useful knot kit.
Knots & practical skills
Learn ordinary camp tie-offs, care for your equipment and practise the small skills that save time outside.
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Tidy guylines, fewer trips
Keep your tent supported while making the space around it easier to walk through.
Knots & practical skills
A small repair kit that earns its space
Pack for the little failures your own equipment is most likely to have.
Knots & practical skills
Pack cord so it is ready next time
A two-minute habit that makes the next tent setup less tangled.
Knots & practical skills
Bowline: practise a fixed loop
Learn the shape of a fixed loop for ordinary, non-critical camp tasks.
Knots & practical skills
Sheet bend: join two lengths of cord
A useful joining knot to practise with two clearly different cord colours.
Knots & practical skills
Round turn and two half hitches
Practise attaching a line around a suitable post or ring.
Knots & practical skills
An adjustable guyline: the midshipman’s hitch
Understand an adjustable loop and why the cord material matters.
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Worth remembering
Use the linked knot demonstrations for the tying sequence.