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https://knots3d.com/knots/en_us/63/truckers-hitch
Note for the author: the "Note" section on that page has the same text pasted 3 times. Still a great tutorial!
I've also bought this app on Playstore, a couple of years ago, but for me it's sort of useless. Yes, you can try to follow the picture, but that's usually not how you tie the knot. I wish this app would show how to tie the knots efficiently with your hands, like in this video [1] 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2aRj8dQPRQ
This seems like a great candidate for an AR app.
Though thread/knot simulation is a very difficult problem. I’m involved in a VR project for surgery that simulates knots for surgical suturing. We have two full time physics phds on it and they’re delivering some promising results but it’s far from good enough to teach IRL knots.
1. The Klutz Book of Knots (it's a book with holes around the pages so you can practice the knots next to their instructions). I think it's supposed to be a kid's book, but I bought for myself few years ago and was probably the resource I used the most.
2. I find it _much_ easier to learn how to tie a knot by watching someone's hands while they explain what they're doing. KnottingKnots on Youtube is incredible at that: https://www.youtube.com/c/KnottingKnots/
I think the knots I use the most, both in everyday life as well as for hiking are (from most used to least used):
- Trucker Hitch
- Bowline knot
- Clove hitch
- Figure of Eight knot (bend too but less often)
- Sheet Bend
- Prusik knot
- Square knot
- Taut line hitchIt's simple and fast to tie (with a little practice for muscle memory), and with an extra turn has exceptional friction preventing loop collapse in some situations where even a bowline would have an issue. However, by relieving tension on one side of the knot, like a taut-line hitch it can slide.
I use it for its common application of tensioning, but I also find it useful for cinching. It can go anywhere a cord lock might have been useful in but a few seconds.
I took pandemic time to learn some knots, and then forget a bunch of them that didn't offer enough distinct utility to me. I highly recommend the Farrimond Friction Hitch: https://www.animatedknots.com/farrimond-friction-hitch-knot It's simple and fast to tie (with a little practice for muscle memory), and with an extra turn has exceptional friction preventing loop collapse in some situations where even a bowline wou…
This site makes the Trucker's Hitch look very simple. You just start with an Alpine Butterfly, pull a loose end through a ring and then the butterfly loop, then secure the loose end around the rope. https://knots3d.com/knots/en_us/63/truckers-hitch Note for the author: the "Note" section on that page has the same text pasted 3 times. Still a great tutorial!