Knots/Hitch knots

Hitches are used to tie a rope to something.

Distinguishing a half hitch from a marline hitch

Hitch knots

• Anchor bend
• Buntline hitch
• Cat's paw
• Clove hitch
• Icicle hitch
• Lark's head (Cow hitch/Girth hitch)
• Pipe hitch
• Prusik hitch
• Round turn
• Taut-line hitch
• Timber hitch
• Two half hitches