document updated 13 years ago, on May 23, 2010
Only a few knots are useful for increasing the tension on a rope.
Ashley Book of Knots
- generally, chapter 23, "Hitches to Stake and Post, Pile and Bollard", knots 1773-1820
- 1799-1801 — taut-line hitches
- 2124-2126 — trucker's hitches