The two knots are tied completely differently but are effectively the same. I just realized that.
Weavers use the "sheet bend". It's common in netmaking as well. The "sheet bend" is called a sheet because it's used in sailing for tying to a "clew" (I think)... but don't have a clue what a clew is.
Kinda neat seeing they form mirror images of one another.
The sheet bend on the left is actually made by tying a rope to another rope in a loop... so it's really a hitch on another rope. The bowline is made with a single line.
Math-like people enjoy this sort of thing. They like finding the underlying structure of things.
The "bowline" is almost a "square knot". A "square knot" is almost a "granny knot". A "granny knot", I read, is the most dangerous knot in existence because it's almost a "square knot" but can easily unravel.
In the end, the king of knots is a loop tied by the pawn of knots, the half hitch.
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That is cool!
I like to play with knots seeing how they resolve. Just this morning I cut the loop of a bowline and saw the sheet bend appear before my eyes.
Cool! Thanks for commenting :-)
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