Is this a very high quality website that simply tries to do one thing well and isn’t trying to monetize?!<p>I know it’s foolish but I want to daydream for a bit that the Web turned out differently. That at some point around Space Jam the people decided that a business being online was a deeply offensive invasion of Our space and would be boycotted, so they gave up on trying. And what was left was lots and lots of webpages like this among the personal pages and pages about nothing. And that services like search engines were provided by universities. And undergrads who attended would take their turn working for these services as a sort of community service rite of passage.<p>We have web rings and web rungs (more of a ladder topology) and nothing was for sale but the community would be fine with the occasional grandson selling meemaw’s knit scarfs. Oh, and Zombo Com was tolerated given its sheer breadth of utility.<p>I want to stay up well past my bedtime some summer night, finding some new web zone filled with a clever collection of someone’s identity they shared with the world. Maybe while a breeze gently wanders in through an open window and a train ventures forth in the distance.
As kind of a knot guy, unlike other commenters this is my #1 favorite knot site.<p>Other sites with animated 3D models might be useful for visualizing the topology of knots, or something. But for actually <i>tying</i> the knots I find this site and its curated photos much more practically useful. The fact that it's not literally animated is a feature; it shows the key stages you go through, rather than every detail.<p>And the photos are just clearer and better than any other resource. (If you look closely you'll see a lot of editing work has been done on them like to minimize the diff between consecutive photos.)<p>Only downside is that I wish it had more minor knots!
When you tie your shoe laces, you're probably using a square knot [1] but with double slip. If your shoe laces often open while walking, you might be doing it wrong (granny or thief knot).<p>If you want to learn just one new, very convenient knot, which can be used in many situations, I recommend the Bowline [2].<p>[1] <a href="https://www.animatedknots.com/square-knot" rel="nofollow">https://www.animatedknots.com/square-knot</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.animatedknots.com/bowline-knot" rel="nofollow">https://www.animatedknots.com/bowline-knot</a>
For shoelaces, go Ian Knot and forget about the rest.<p><a href="https://www.animatedknots.com/shoelace-bow-knot-fieggen-method" rel="nofollow">https://www.animatedknots.com/shoelace-bow-knot-fieggen-meth...</a><p><a href="https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm</a><p>It’s a great knot to get other people interested, too, because you can go “alright, so first you start in this position like any other knot, right? Then you just <i>zwoop</i> and done”. Tying your laces in a single fast movement really makes your nerd friends curious. It’s like a magic trick.
The Ian's Secure Knot is what I've used for years and the only shoelace knot my kids were taught. Trivial modification of the usual bunny ears and hardly ever comes undone.
For clarification: it's the same knot (square knot), just a different way of creating it.
Interesting, I actually learning the Shoelace Bow (surgeons)[1] from this site a couple years ago and it's my go to now for any shoelaces that don't lock tight or that I really need to stay tied (think running or backpacking)<p>[1] <a href="https://www.animatedknots.com/shoelace-bow-knot-surgeons" rel="nofollow">https://www.animatedknots.com/shoelace-bow-knot-surgeons</a>
To anyone into knots, I recommend <i>Knots 3D</i> on Android. It is really handy because most people keeps the phone with them all the time. Beautiful and well maintained app. It's not overwhelming, in the sense that it doesn't try to add every existing knot in the same database, it has usage, which gives context, history and specially related knots, which makes it possible to compare different related knots that are usually used for the same thing.
Love this site. Bought their app a couple of years ago and started learning knots by tying them over and over on repeat during zoom meetings with a couple of lengths of paracord. Slowly building up a decent collection of knots!<p>I particularly like the comparison between similar knots that helps you understand when one is better than the other.
I've got the Android app and love it, as well as Knots 3D.<p>Most knot enthusiasts will already know about it, but in the analog world The Ashley Book of Knots is fantastic. Beautifully illustrated; the author, Clifford Ashley, was a marine painter and spent decades documenting almost 4,000 knots.
I know similar web about paper airplanes (maybe I found in HN too some years ago):<p><a href="https://www.foldnfly.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.foldnfly.com</a>
It seems to be a nice, handmade, thoughtful collection. Things like being able to flip the images is a nice touch.<p>However, name "animated" will only lead to disappointment for people finding slide shows of humans. This is basically the same kind of that a Boy Scout handbook provides.
As a ultra noob in the art of knotting, I liked this when I stumbled over it a few weeks back. I agree that for newbies it would be even more instructive with smoother flows, I guess they're held back by the animations being photos and not, well, animations.<p>I also have read their backstory/naming thing [1] several times but I still don't quite get it. I first thought they were related to the historical Grog, but that was a misunderstanding. I think.<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.animatedknots.com/grog-story" rel="nofollow">https://www.animatedknots.com/grog-story</a>
I looked up truckers hitch. It’s a slide show, even on YouTube.<p>I learned that knot differently, and wonder if mine has a different name.
I think "Trucker's Hitch" refers generally to any setup where you tie a midline loop, then use it like a pulley and tie off the free end. There are several different ways of doing the loop knot and the ending knot, with their own names on their own, but Trucker's Hitch refers to the overall setup.
How are more people not obsessed with knots?<p>It's the purest form of human creativity! It's nothing but a strait line and humans have figured out how to twist and turn it into a million different objects and endless uses. Our entire species has propelled itself into a realm of knowledge built on the fundamental twisting of a simple lines and observing those properties.<p>The clothes you wear are knots. Every surgery you have ends in knots. The combined effect of knots on our technology and understanding of the world is fascinating.<p>Only humans can see a rope, have a picture in their heads of what it should look like and then set forth on creating it. It's just such a precious nugget of what it means to be human and have the urge to fuck around with shit.
*by Grog!<p>This website was so useful for Boy Scout rank advancement.
A chill little puzzle game where you swap hexagons to untie a knot:<p><a href="https://brainteaser.top/knot/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://brainteaser.top/knot/index.html</a>
Reading this thread as a furry is...interesting.
Interesting site. The layout and interaction flow feel well thought out, and the minimal design makes it surprisingly refreshing to use.
I loved knots, lashings, plaits, braids, and splices as a kid, this really brought me back.<p>also this has been discussed on HN before: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=animatedknots.com">https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=animatedknots.com</a>
And, for reference, one of the historical encyclopedias of knots is the ABOK.<p><a href="https://archive.org/details/TheAshleyBookOfKnots" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/TheAshleyBookOfKnots</a><p>What's missing from linear serialization of a book format like ABOK and this website is metadata tags that indicate each knot's attribute(s), i.e., bight, open, slip, etc. and an ability to browse and filter by such tag(s).
I wish I did scouting as a kid. Knot tying seems so fun and useful.
I love the idea of this site but have always been disappointed by the fact that it's more of a slideshow than actual animations. You have to do a fair bit of interpolation if you aren't experienced.