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Knots
Knots
So you want to learn some knots do ya? Well here's a few I know...
Scouts love to sit around the table during a meeting and listen to adults talk... "Knot !!!"
Scouts really really love doing "KP" after dinner... "Knot !!!"
Scouts can't stand the site, smell or taste of campfire S'mores... "Knot !!!"
O-Wait when you said you want to learn some knots, did you mean Knots that you tie? "O" - OK, we can do that too.
So sorry for the confusion.
Below are all the knots, I believe, that a Cub Scout is required to learn through their journey to Arrow of Light.
See Games Below
See Games Below
Square Knot
Square Knot
Purpose: The square knot, also known as the reef knot, is first and foremost a binding knot. Its primary function is to secure a line tightly up against an object as when tying a bandage, a package or the flaps of a wall tent at camp.
Required for:
Wolf - Call of the Wild
AOL - Scouting Adventure
Compliments to: https://www.animatedknots.com/
Overhand Knot
Overhand Knot
Purpose: The Overhand Knot is probably the simplest of the Single-Strand Stopper Knots. It can also be used to prevent the end of a piece of rope unraveling.
As a stopper the Overhand Knot has one advantage: it is one of the few stopper knots that can be tied tightly up against an object or a knot.
Required for:
Wolf - Call of the Wild
Compliments to: https://www.animatedknots.com/
2 Half Hitches
2 Half Hitches
Purpose: Tied with one end of a rope being passed around an object and secured to its own standing part with a Single Hitch.”
Required for:
AOL - Scouting Adventure
Compliments to: https://www.animatedknots.com/
Often tied incorrectly. Many people mistake a Larks head also known as a Cos'w hitch for a 2 Half Hitch. Notice on the last slide the completed knot shown the rope crossing over it's self this indicates that the knot is tied correctly.
If the rope goes straight across then it is a larks head and not a 2 Half Hitch.
Bowline Knot
Bowline Knot
Purpose: The Bowline makes a reasonably secure loop in the end of a piece of rope, is not for climbing. It has many uses, e.g., to fasten a mooring line to a ring or a post. Under load, it does not slip or bind. With no load it can be untied easily. Two bowlines can be linked together to join two ropes.
Required for:
AOL - Outdoor Adventure
Compliments to: https://www.animatedknots.com/
Taut-Line
Taut-Line
Purpose: This knot is used to create an adjustable loop that stays un place.
Example: Staking out the guy lines on you tent or dining fly.
Required for:
AOL - Scouting Adventure
Compliments to:
https://scoutlife.org/video-audio/147978/how-to-tie-a-taut-line-hitch/
Here is a Game "Knot" to play... Did you see what I did there? Not to Play?
Here is a Game "Knot" to play... Did you see what I did there? Not to Play?
Ok only I see my own humor.
Ok only I see my own humor.
Knot Relay Game
Divide Scouts into two teams, each standing in single-file lines. Lay two ropes on the floor about 20 feet from the start line. The first Scout in each team runs to the rope, ties an overhand knot, shows it to a judge, unties it, and runs back to tag the next Scout in the team. Once this relay is finished, you can repeat it using square knots.
Here is a Knot skit for you!!!
Here is a Knot skit for you!!!
Compliments of none other then yours truly. Just remember the sillier the better, riiiggghhht!
This is to be done by 2 leaders just before its time to eat, or at a campfire.
Leader 1: Knot Knot...
Leader 2: Who's there?
Leader 1: Bowline...
Leader 2: Bowline Who?
Leader 1: Bowline up it's time for dinner!
"Every Scout ought to be able to tie a knot. To tie a knot seems a simple thing, and yet there are right and wrong ways of doing it, and Scouts ought to know the right way."
Robert Baden-Powell
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