Knot GuideTrailhead · Pick your adventure
What are you tying today?
Pick where you're headed and tie the knot you'll need there, one photo at a time, just like in the app. Swipe the photo or use your arrow keys.
This is 1 of 209 knots in Knot Guide, and every one has step-by-step photos.
Gear check · Knot Finder
Every knot in the pack
Search the whole Knot Guide collection, or filter by what you're doing. Tap a knot to see where it fits.
Around the fire · Games
Campfire quiz
Seven real situations from the trail, the lake and the dock. Pick the knot you'd reach for.
Packing list · Features
What's in the pack
Sailors, climbers, anglers and Scouts have used Knot Guide since 2008, and it has been rebuilt from the ground up for today's phones.
Step-by-step photos
Large, clear photos of every step of every knot. Swipe or tap to go through them at your own pace.
21 categories
Bends, hitches, loops, lashings, fishing, climbing, sailing, Scout, Navy SEAL and USCG knots. Search any knot by name.
Works offline
Every knot and photo is built into the app, so it works on the boat, at the crag or deep in the backcountry.
Favorites
Pin the knots you use every trip and get to them in one tap.
Knot Lingo & Visual Glossary
Bight, bend, capsize, standing part: learn the words, then tap them on a labelled photo of a rope.
Knot Guide Patron
119 knots are free. Patrons unlock 90 more, get new knots added regularly, and never see an ad.
Trail photos · The app
A look inside
Trail talk · Press
What folks are saying
An App Store Essentials “Weekend Warriors DIY” pick.
Apple App Store
Knot Guide is like a patient teacher… showing you over and over how to tie it until you've committed it to memory.
AppCraver
One of the most practical apps for those not bound by four walls…
San Francisco Examiner
What's knot to love?
This Old House
…a highly recommended app with tons of utility value…
iPhoneAppReviews.net
Free download
Put 200+ knots in your pocket
Before the next trip, fishing weekend or Scout meeting, get Knot Guide on your phone. It works with no signal, so it's ready wherever you end up.