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Need to connect a fat rope to a skinny one? Do you need to connect a rope to the corner of a tarp that lacks a grommet? The sheet bend is one of the best choices to join dissimilar materials together. The sheet is a “bend”—a type of knot that connects one rope to another. It’s the best bend for tying different types of material together or joining different thicknesses of rope. This knot even joins together lines or materials that normally couldn’t be joined together because of differences in diameter.
Flip through the slideshow to learn how to tie a Sheet Bend
Form a bight in the thicker rope (blue) and hold it in one hand. Pass the thinner rope (red) through the bight and behind the (blue) tail and standing ends in that order. Finally, tuck the smaller rope under itself to finish the knot.
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