Knots Small 320×116 Medium 640×232 Large 1024×371 Download Tiff Original 2400×870 | (2.0 MB) Description Carrick bend joins two ropes. Note: the loop of a knot is called the bright. The standing part of the rope is the part opposite the free end. Keywords Carrick bend, Knot, knot-tying, knots Galleries Knots Source: Arthur Mee and Holland Thompson, eds. The Book of Knowledge (New York, NY: The Grolier Society, 1912)