Animated Knots

Cool website. When I was a teenager, I spent a week every summer learning to sail at a sailing course. So, I learned quite a few of those knots. This brings back good memories. As, I'm Dutch, the names for these knots in English are a bit challenging for me. And honestly, after 35 years, I struggle to name a lot of these knots in Dutch now. But I still know and use a few occasionally. A lot of that…

As kind of a knot guy, unlike other commenters this is my #1 favorite knot site. Other sites with animated 3D models might be useful for visualizing the topology of knots, or something. But for actually tying the knots I find this site and its curated photos much more practically useful. The fact that it's not literally animated is a feature; it shows the key stages you go through, rather than every detail. And the photos are just clearer and…

I've had this damn site bookmarked for longer than I can remember. At least 4 years, I think, and maybe as long as 9. Idk. I always tell myself "someday I'm going to sit down and learn knots from this site," but someday never seems to come. Maybe because in reality I have almost no use whatsoever for knot-tying, as cool as it is.