Easily Create your own Rope Ladder with a Ladder Lashing

In today’s Knot of the Week, I’ll show you such a simple way to create a Rope Ladder, you’ll wonder how you never knew about it! That’s the way I felt when I was shown this technique at Boy Scout Adult Leadership training I attended this past weekend. I’ve lashed together a Rope Ladder before,… Continue reading Easily Create your own Rope Ladder with a Ladder Lashing

Using Lashings for Weight Bearing Structures

After a brief hiatus, the Knot of the Week returns this week with the first of a few articles on lashings. Lashings are an important part of any knotty professor’s repertoire, and an all around good skill to have. Today we’ll begin with the most common type of lashing, the Square Lashing. A Square Lashing… Continue reading Using Lashings for Weight Bearing Structures