Become a knot-tying pro on your journey to First Class

Even Scoutmasters and Assistant Scoutmasters need refreshers. This is a fun video that takes you through tutorials of the seven knots needed for getting the Scouts to First Class Rank. This is an easy 'step-by-step' tutorial of each knot; square knot, two half-hitches, taut-line hitch, sheet bend, bowline knot, timber hitch, and clove hitch. At the end of the video, there is a game "Beat the Clock" where you can try and beat Ms. Alice by tying the knots you just learned.
Have fun!
1:00 Scout Rank Requirement
1:13 Square Knot (Right Hand)
1:48 Square Knot (Left Hand)
2:04 Two Half-Hitches
3:36 Taut-Line Hitch
4:36 Tenderfoot Rank Requirement
4:47 Second Class Rank Requirement
4:56 Sheet Bend
5:31 Bowline
6:26 Bowline (Around Waist)
6:52 First Class Rank Requirement
7:10 Timber Hitch
7:45 Clove Hitch
8:10 Clove Hitch (From Above)
8:37 “Beat the Clock” Game

[@TroopLeader]

I was so happy to see you demonstrated a clove hitch WITHOUT making an "x" and then passing the working end through the "x". Good show! (The clove hitch has many uses in addition to starting and finishing a shear, tripod, round, and the slower version of the square lashing. Very useful configuration.) Please note: taut-lines are most often applied to a GUYline, between the grommet of a tarp or tent and the anchor point. One last, friendly note: a sheet bend is used to join lines together of different OR same diameters. The square knot is actually a binding knot. Onward and upward!

[@scoutingamerica1910]

Thank you for your comments. Someone showed me “going through the X long ago, and I double checked with the book, it actually says “DO NOT go through the X” so I did more research and the book is correct! My favorite knot is the taut-line! Thanks again for watching, please share the channel. Let us know if you’d like a video done on a specific topic. Happy new Year!

[@TroopLeader]

@@scoutingamerica1910 The text of the most recent edition and several past editions does not jibe with the rather vague illustration. (This needs to be corrected.) Where do you see it stated in the handbook's text, "DO NOT go through the X"? The submitted correction for step 3 of the handbook's clove hitch text reads: “Now, simply tuck the running end under itself and snug everything together.”

[@scoutingamerica1910]

@TroopLeader Yes… the diagrams are not the greatest. In the 14th edition of the Scout Handbook, pg. 368, #3 - The ends of the rope should come out between the legs of the X. (I really don’t have a clue what that means!😉). The book continues- “If they come out to either side of the X, you DON’T have a clove hitch.” This is what caught my eye. So I did more research, & realized the end of the rope doesn’t go through the X.