Hitches are a way of tying a rope onto a pole and similar shaped object or to tie a smaller rope onto a larger rope.
Take care when using hitches, as most are designed to be moved around and undone easily, making them unsuitable for anything but their designated purpose.
The Icicle Hitch is a knot used to hang a load off a pole. As long as the load is constant and hanging parallel to the pole, you could even use a tapered pole and hitch should hold, hence the [...]
The Highwayman’s Hitch is a quick release knot to secure a line around a pole or similar object. It can be untied with a tuck on the working end. Supposedly, this was a popular knot among [...]
The Rolling Hitch is a commonly used knot to attache a line to pole, rod or another line. It is very similar to the Clove Hitch, but the extra half hitch makes the Rolling Hitch a bit more [...]