![]() ![]() Insecure knots can be made secure by strapping the free ends to the fixed ends of the same rope, eg by wrapping twine around to bind them together. The Granny Knot is almost as secure as the Reef Knot while the Grief Knot (aka What Knot) is even less secure than the Thief Knot it slips apart "wish astonishing ease" and is sometimes used for a party trick. Grief is a combination of Granny and Thief rather than a description of the insecurity of the knot.) ( Aside on etymology : Granny is a slight on landsmen who unlike sailors might not know how to tie a proper Reef Knot. ![]() Like the Reef Knot the Granny has the fixed ends adjacent, and like the Thief Knot the Grief has the fixed ends diagonally opposite. These are also identical except for the positions of the fixed and free ends. Two related knots are the Granny Knot and the Grief Knot. ![]() The loop of each rope is called the bight. The knots are identical except for the positions of the long and short ends of the ropes (aka the standing and working ends, or fixed and free ends) which are adjacent and diagonally opposite respectively. The upper knot in your image is a Reef Knot. ![]()
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