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The Lanyard Knot (also known as Diamond Knot or Friendship Knot) is a decorative knot that’s used, as the name suggests, to add grip to a lanyard. It can be tied to join two separate ropes, [...]

The Sailor’s Cross is a variety on the True Lover’s Knot and similar to the Jury Mast Knot. Like the other two knots, the Sailor’s Cross is not a hugely functional knot and is [...]

The True Lover’s Knot is a decorative knot that symbolizes, as the names suggests, true love. It is made out of two intertwined Overhand Knots. Although it has the characteristics of a [...]

It’s believed that the Jury Mast Knot was made as a temporary rigging knot. If the existing rigging would fail, you could tie this knot, poke the mast through the center of the knot and [...]