Best knots for
Gardening
Tying plants to stakes, bundling canes and fixing nets. Knots that grip without slipping and are easy to cut away.
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Binding knots
Clove Hitch
Two turns round a post with the second crossing over the first.
●○○ Easy -
Binding knots
Timber Hitch
A noose that grips a log, a pole or a bundle: the end goes round the standing part and is twisted back round its own turn.
●○○ Easy -
Binding knots
Constrictor Knot
A clove hitch with an extra tuck, which locks the two ends under the crossing turn.
●●○ Intermediate -
Lashings
Sheer Lashing
Lashes two poles side by side, to lengthen a pole or to make sheer legs (an A-frame).
●●○ Intermediate -
Lashings
Square Lashing
Lashes two poles that cross at right angles, for frames, tables, gates and trellises.
●●○ Intermediate