How to tie a west whipping country knot with animated help

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West Country Whipping is used as a binding knot, most commonly to tie off strands of rope. It is formed by making a series of overhand knots which are formed on alternate sides of the rope or object. It is most effective when formed using waxed twine near the end of a strand of rope, although it can be a useful binding on any section of a rope. Ideally, the whipping should be one to one and a half times the width of the rope that it is binding over.

Rope knots can basically be divided into the following groups:

1. Bends - Joining two lines by intertwining them, without splicing, or sewing.
2. Hitches - A knot that secures a rope or line to another object.
3. Stopper – Used to bind strands at the end of a rope to stop fraying or unraveling. Also formed to stop a rope slipping through a hole or to provide a weight or handhold.
4. Bindings – Much like hitches. They are used to bind either lines or objects together. Their aim is to keep objects in place.
5. Splices – Describes the act of joining the ends, or the end and a standing part, of rope by interweaving strands. They are not knots in themselves.
6. Loops – Loops create structures used to tie, or secure, another object or line to another line. They can be formed at the end or midway a length of rope.
7. Plaits - Weaving several lines together to form a pattern and a cohesive structure.
8. Miscellaneous & Decorative – Knots that have decorative, dress or multiple category characteristics.