List of Knots - S

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• Sailor's hitch - a secure, jam-proof hitch
• Sailors knot aka Carrick bend - used for joining two lines
• Savoy knot aka Figure-of-eight knot, Flemish knot - decorative, heraldic knot
• Sheepshank - used to store rope
• Sheet bend - joins two ropes together
• Siberian hitch - used to attach a rope to an object
• Simple knot - (four-in-hand knot) a method of tying a necktie
• Single carrick bend - refers to different knots similar to the Carrick bend
• Single hitch - an overhand knot tied around or through an object
• Slip knot - knots which attach a line to an object and tighten when tension is applied; a type of knot designed to bind one end of a rope to the middle of another
• Slipped buntline hitch - used for attaching a rope to an object
• Slippery eight loop - adjustable loop knot
• Slippery hitch - used to attach a line to a rod or bar
• Snell Knot
• Snuggle hitch - a modification of the clove hitch
• Span loop - non-jamming loop that can be tied in the middle of a rope
• Spanish bowline - double loop knot
• Splice - the forming of a semi-permanent joint between two ropes
• Square knot - used to secure a rope or line around an object
• Square lashing - used to bind poles together
• Square turk's head - decorative knot with a variable number of interwoven strands, forming a closed loop
• Stein knot - variation of the Figure 8 knot
• Stevedore knot - a stopper knot often tied near the end of a rope
• Strangle knot - a simple binding knot
• Strap hitch - uses a continuous loop of strap to form a cow hitch around an object
• Surgeon's knot aka ligature knot - modification to the reef knot
• Surgeon's loop - similar to the Surgeon's knot but with a double strand
• Schwabisch knot - friction hitch used for rope climbing