How to tie Italian hitches with animated knot tying help

Learn how to tie a knot, but not just any old knot... an Italian hitch knot. You'll never have any troubles again tying nautical Italian hitch knots, thanks to this Marinews knot tie animated tutorial. You can learn by simply watching the knot tying animation at a moderate speed, or if need be, click on "learn by steps" to get step-by-step rope knot instructions for Italian hitches. How to make a knot is not the hard part, choosing the right fishing knots or rope knot is.

The Italian Hitch is designed to allow a loaded rope to be feed out under the control of the working end, which is used as the brake. The Italian Hitch may also be used for abseiling down a line but can tend to twist or kink and destroy the line by burning. Although recognised as a way of belaying a climber, it is not the official method of belay as there have been many recorded falls. The Italian Hitch should be use with some degree of caution.

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.