Start with the two ends of the rope you want to join or tie.
Make a simple overhand knot: cross one end over the other, wrap the end through the loop, and pull tight.
Make a bowline (bowline/lanyard): make a small loop in the standing part, pass the working end up through the loop, around the standing part, and back down through the original loop, then pull the knot tight.
Make a square knot (reef knot): tie a left-over-right half knot, then a right-over-left half knot, and pull both ends tight.
Make a surgeon’s knot (safer square knot): tie the first half knot with an extra wrap on each side, then repeat the second half knot similarly, and pull tight.
Make a clove hitch: wrap the working end around the standing part, cross it over, bring it back around the standing part, and pull the end through the loop; snug tight.
Make a taut-line hitch: wrap the rope around an anchor, make a loop around the standing part (leave room for adjustment), tuck the working end back through the loop, and pull to set; adjust by sliding the wraps.
Make a trucker’s hitch: anchor one end, make a loop, run the rope through a pulley/winch, secure with a hitch, tension by pulling the free end, and lock with a final knot.
Make a sheet bend: form a bight in the larger rope, pass the small rope through the bight, wrap the small rope around the standing part, and pass it back through the bight; pull tight.
Make a figure-eight knot: form a loop, pass the working end through the loop and around the standing part, then back through the loop; dress and pull tight.
Make a figure-eight follow-through: tie a figure-eight in the doubled rope by passing the working end through the “eye,” around the standing part, and back through; pull tight.
Make a bowline on a bight: form a bight, follow the bowline steps with the bight as the standing part, and pull the knot tight.
Make a rolling hitch: wrap the rope around the standing part multiple times, tuck the working end under the last wrap, and pull tight.
Make an overhand stopper knot: tie an overhand knot in the end of the rope to prevent slipping through a hole.
Make a double overhand stopper: tie two overhand knots stacked close together at the rope end.
Make a stopper using a figure-eight: tie a figure-eight knot at the end and pull tight.
Dress knots by tightening evenly, aligning loops, and removing twists before final pull.
Test security by pulling hard on both ends and checking for slippage.
Trim tag ends after tightening.