Khalid Jawed and colleagues have now started tackling the physics of simple overhand knots. Such knots consist of a loop, a braid with a certain uneven number, 2n + 1, of crossings and two ends ...

This multipurpose loop may just be the world's handiest knot. Here's how to tie it in five simple steps. The Alpine Butterfly Loop isn't just a pretty name for a knot.

T he alpine butterfly knot, also known as the "linesman’s loop," has been singled out by adventurers and MacGyvers of all stripes as the world's handiest, multipurpose loop-style knot ever. Easy ...

Between bear bags, tent guy outs, and tarp lines, setting up camp can involve a lot of tedious knot tying. When you're tired after a long day of hiking, you don't want to have to deal with knots ...

In order to tie your shoes, there's a simple knot that almost all of us learn how to make when we're small children: a "criss-cross and tuck" part, followed by a "loop-and-pull" part. That simple ...

Tie a simple overhand knot with the loop created on the far side of the tackle you’re tying on and the tag end and main line. You can draw this knot down to make it smaller, but don’t cinch it tightly ...

Farmer’s Loop. This easy knot makes a loop that can serve as a handhold or place to attach tools and other objects. You can also tie farmer’s loops to take up slack in a line of any weight. Start by ...

From Simons Science News (find original story here).. The mathematics of knot theory says that a simple loop and a trefoil are fundamentally different knots. But is that all there is to the question?