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Common sheet bend connects 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.

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Common sheet bend connects two ropes. Note: the loop of a knot is called the "bright." The "standing…

"Sheet Bend -- Pass the end of one rope though the bight of another, round both parts of the other, and under its own standing part. Used for bending small sheets to the clews of sails, which present bights ready for the hitch. An ordinary net is composed of a series of sheet bends. A weaver's knot is made like a sheet bend." -Britannica, 1910

Sheet Bend

"Sheet Bend -- Pass the end of one rope though the bight of another, round both parts of the other,…