What’s a Boy Scout without knots?  Out of the many skills that Scouts learn, knot tying is one of the most useful. It’s a skill that you will use throughout your life.

Once you’ve learned a knot, practice it often.  Daily practice will allow your brain to develop a muscle memory of that knot.  Soon, you’ll be tying the knot so quickly that you won’t even have to think about it.

Knot Requirements in Scouting

Links to videos are on the listed knots

Overhand Knot

Required for Cub Scout Wolf Rank

Square Knot

Required for:

• Cub Scout Wolf Rank
• Cub Scout Arrow of Light
• Boy “Scout” Rank (tie a square knot)
• Boy Scout Tenderfoot Rank (demonstrate a practice use, and teach the knot to someone else)

Two Half Hitches

Required for:

• Cub Scout Bear Rank
• Cub Scout Arrow of Light
• Boy “Scout” Rank (tie the knot)
• Boy Scout Tenderfoot Rank (demonstrate a practical use)

Taut-Line Hitch

• Cub Scout Arrow of Light
• Boy “Scout” Rank (tie the knot)
• Boy Scout Tenderfoot Rank (demonstrate a practical use)

Sheetbend Knot

Required for Boy Scout Second Class Rank

Bowline Knot

Required for Boy Scout Second Class Rank

Timber Hitch

Required for Boy Scout First Class Rank

Clove Hitch

Required for Boy Scout First Class Rank