Knots
Knots are a skill taught at every level of scouting. The purpose of the knot program is to encourage scouts (and anyone) to learn how, when, and where to make useful and practical knots both in and out of Scouting. The program provides a process and environment to learn knot skills for rank advancement, merit badges and everyday practical situations. We encourage all scouts and parents to become involved!
“Every Scout should be able to tie a knot. To tie a knot seems to be a simple thing, and yet there are right and wrong ways of doing it, and Scouts ought to know the right way. Very often it may happen that lives depend on a knot being properly tied.”
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“The right kind of knot to tie is one that you can be certain will hold under any amount of strain, and which you can always undo easily if you wish to. A bad knot is one which slips away when a hard pull comes on it, or which gets jammed so tight that you cannot untie it.”
-- Lord Baden-Powell
