Knots for Boy Scouts

Welcome to Scouting Knots

Knots Required by Scouting Organizationseffective January 1, 2010

Prepared by Guilito B. Macatuggal

Boy Scouting Requirement

Boy Scout Joining Requirement

SQUARE KNOT

Tenderfoot

Tenderfoot

ROUND TURN AND TWO HALF HITCHESTaut-Line Hitch

First Class

First Class

Timber Hitch Clove Hitch Square Lashing Shear Lashing Diagonal Lashing

Merit Badge Knots

Climbing Merit Badge

Double Fisherman's Knot ( Grapevine Knot),

Figure Eight on a Bight, Figure Eight Follow-Through, Safety knot, Water knot.

Climbing Merit Badge

Double Fisherman's Knot ( Grapevine Knot)

Climbing Merit Badge

EIGHT KNOT

Pioneering Merit Badge

Sheepshank, Sheet Bend, Bowline, Round Turn with Two Half Hitches

Square Knot

SHEET BENDPioneering Merit Badge

Pioneering Merit Badge

SHEEPSHANK

Rowing Merit Badge

Bowline, Clove Hitch, Round Turn with Two Half-Hitches,

BOWLINE

STEPS 1 and 2

1. Make a loop toward the end of therope.

2. Pull the end through the loop fromunderneath.

STEPS 3 and 4

3. Pull the rope under the main line

4. Pull the end through the small loopfrom above the main line.

STEP 5

5. Tighten the knot while making the loop the size you need.

CLOVE HITCH

TenderfootRowing Merit Badge

ROUND TURN AND TWO HALF HITCHES