List of Knots - C

C

• Carrick bend - joins two lines of heavy rope or cable
• Carrick mat - flat woven decorative knot which can be used as a mat or pad
• Cat's paw - connects a rope to an object
• Catshank - variant of the sheepshank, clinched by two overhand knots with the bights passed through the twists
• Chain sinnet - method of shortening a rope or other cable
• Chain stitch - a sewing and embroidery technique in which a series of looped stitches form a chain-like pattern
• Cleat "knot"
• Clove hitch - two successive half-hitches around an object
• Common whipping - series of knots intended to stop a rope from unraveling
• Constrictor knot - series of knots intended to stop a rope from unraveling
• Continuous ring hitching - series of identical hitches made around a ring
• Corned beef knot - binding knot often used for binding the meat of the same name while it is being cooked
• Cow hitch - hitch knot used to attach a rope to an object
• Cow hitch and bowline (bale sling hitch or strap hitch) - uses a continuous loop of strap to form a cow hitch around an object in order to hoist or lower it
• Cowboy bowline - variation of the bowline loop knot