What Knot To Do
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utilities | Free | Columbia Sportswear Company | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Columbia Sportswear Company is proud to present the first in a series of free iPhone Apps designed to help you get the most from your adventures in The Greater Outdoors.
What Knot to Do (in the Greater Outdoors) is your pocket guide to 70 must know knots in six categories. With this App you’ll always have just the right knot at the ready, with clear step-by-step tying instructions to meet any and every outdoor need.
What Knot to Do includes illustrated examples of each knot, as well as a full glossary of terms to help make you an expert knotter in no time.
The knot collection can be viewed by category, in a single alphabetical list, or saved to a group of your own favorites for quick access.
Learn to tie the perfect knot, whether for fishing, sailing, backpacking, hunting, building a shelter, lashing up a raft, tying down a load or tying up your llama.
Features:
• 70 knots in 6 categories
• Glossary of terms with over 70 entries
• Illustrated terminology examples
• Introduction to knots, cordage and knot tying
• Easy to follow step-by–step tying instructions
• Clear, detailed illustrations of every step
• Each knot referenced to The Ashley Book of Knots (the bible of knotting)
• Fast, easy knot selection
• Navigate knot steps by touch, swipe or flick
• Save any knot to your Favorites list
Content:
Bends (16)
• Albright Special
• Ashley’s Bend
• Blood Knot
• Carrick Bend
• Double Figure of Eight Bend
• Fisherman’s Bend
• Flemish Bend
• Grapevine Knot
• Harness Bend
• Heaving Line Bend
• Hunter’s Bend
• Ring Bend
• Shake Hands Bend
• Sheet Bend
• Simple Simon Bend
• Zeppelin Bend
Bindings and Lashings (11)
• Boa Knot
• Constrictor Knot
• Diagonal Lashing
• Double Figure of Eight Hitch
• Miller’s Knot
• Pole Lashing
• Reef Knot
• Sheer Lashing
• Square Lashing
• Strangle Knot
• Transom Knot
Hitches (23)
• Anchor Bend
• Bachmann Knot
• Boom Hitch
• Buntline Hitch
• Clove Hitch
• Cow Hitch
• Figure of Eight Hitch
• Gaff Topsail Halyard Bend
• Heddon Knot
• Highman’s Knot
• Klemheist Knot
• Lighterman’s Hitch
• Marlinspike Hitch
• Mooring Hitch
• Munter Hitch
• Ossel Hitch
• Palomar Knot
• Pedigree Cow Hitch
• Pile Hitch
• Rigger’s Hitch
• Round Turn and Two Half Hitches
• Timber Hitch
• Trucker’s Hitch
Loop Knots (11)
• Alpine Butterfly Loop
• Angler’s Loop
• Blood Loop Dropper Knot
• Bowline
• Bowline on the Bight
• Double Bowline
• Double Figure of Eight Loop
• Figure of Eight Loop
• Mast Jury Rig Knot
• Midshipman’s Hitch
• Threaded Figure of Eight Loop
Special Knots (4)
• Sailor’s Lanyard Knot
• Man-o-war Sheepshank
• Prusik Knot
• Sheepshank
Stopper Knots (5)
• Figure of Eight Knot
• Heaving Line Knot
• Overhand Knot
• Stevedore Knot
• Oysterman’s Stopper Knot
Reviews
This is the one
Mr.Picky
Downloaded them all (as of 2020) and this Columbia Outdoor sponsored app (no ads) is the best. Based on the definitive guide for knots - ‘Ashley’s Book of Knots’ - this app it graphically straight forward, helpful, and has a ‘Favorites’ folder for you to make a future quick reference.
Best all around. Perfect layout!
mechareid
I first downloaded this when I hiked the pct. It is laid out with the different uses and it shows why and when to use them. I have several knot books and this beats all of them. Also better than animations or videos because you can go slowly step by step. I sail, fish, hike, rig things from time to time, and haul stuff in my truck. I use it constantly. It has been updated several times and keeps getting better. Columbia, Please keep maintaining the app. I don’t want to be without it.
One of the best
Bently34
This app has most knots you’d ever want to learn or knots you never knew existed, and the short description on what the knot is used for is very helpful. Although none of it is animated, as long as you are familiar with knot terminology you can easily use this app for reference.
Best knot app
Wingrider56
Although there are no fancy animations, the step-by-step illustrations are excellent and easier to use. I also enjoyed the information about each knot, including history, naming, and purpose. I have several knot apps, but this is my favorite. It comes right after ‘The Ashley Book of Knots’ as my favorite knot tying resource, and its much more convenient.
Absolutely best knot app ever
zaperino
I've been using this app for years and love it for building my skills and learning how to tie new knots. I find practicing knots to be very relaxing.
Best knot app
syjctgjb
App makes it easy to learn knots with step by step instructions and colorful pictures. There is a wide selection of knots to learn, and they are organized by type and activities they are used in. Each knot also comes with a description.
Ryan
Ryfled
This is in my opinion the best FREE knot app in the App Store. I have tried many others and they either come with adds or are just “knot” as user friendly as this app. I sail and climb and I often reference this app for refreshing my knot knowledge before heading out to sea or into the mountains.
Great Knot App and Recently Updated
activelifejs
This app has some great illustrations for knots and it finally got updated a few days ago after years of no updates. I emailed Columbia asking for it and then it came out a week later. Coincidence? Anyways, good app to have and study BEFORE you go outside and need to tie knots.
