Knots and Pioneering

Knots are a vital Scout Skill. 

Scout Knots

Scout

4a. Show how to tie a square knot, two half-hitches, and a taut-line hitch. Explain how each knot is used.

4b. Show the proper care of a rope by learning how to whip and fuse the ends of different kinds of rope.

Tenderfoot

3a. Demonstrate a practical use of the square knot. 

3b. Demonstrate a practical use of two half-hitches. 

3c. Demonstrate a practical use of the taut-line hitch.

8. Describe the steps in Scouting’s Teaching EDGE method. Use the Teaching EDGE method to teach another person how to tie the square knot.

Second Class

2f. Demonstrate tying the sheet bend knot. Describe a situation in which you would use this knot. 

2g. Demonstrate tying the bowline knot. Describe a situation in which you would use this knot.

First Class

3a. Discuss when you should and should not use lashings.

3b. Demonstrate tying the timber hitch and clove hitch.

3c. Demonstrate tying the square, shear, and diagonal lashings by joining two or more poles or staves together.

3d. Use lashings to make a useful camp gadget or structure.

Pioneering Knots

Lashings