Levels of Knot Tying: Easy to Complex | WIRED

J.D. Lenzen, the inventor of fusion knotting, explains knot tying in 15 levels of difficulty, from easy to complex. J.D. starts from the very beginning, with overhead, bowline, and square knots, and moves all the way into more advanced knots that are created in combination with many other different types of knots.

Director: Maya Dangerfield
Director of Photography: Florian Pilsl
Editor: Richard Trammell
Talent: JD Lenzen

Producer: Katherine Wzorek
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Melissa Cho
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila

Audio: Simon Gordon
Cam Op/Gaffer: Shreyans Zaveri
Production Assistant: Nathan Vega

Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Diego Rentsch


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[jopo]

I love when Wired is educational and shows me the ropes.

[wbfaulk]

0:13 *_Level 1_* Overhand knot
0:28         Stopper knot
0:39         Square knot
0:59 *_Level 2_* Bowline
1:36 *_Level 3_* Slipknot
2:31 *_Level 4_* Solomon bar/Cobra knot
3:27 *_Level 5_* Zipper sinnet
4:39 *_Level 6_* Trucker's hitch
5:07         Half hitch, Full hitch
5:49 *_Level 7_* Fisherman's knot
6:30         Zeppelin bend
7:23 *_Level 8_* Double coin knot
8:19 *_Level 9_* Prosperity knot
9:58 *_Level 10_* Snake knot
11:42 *_Level 11_* Spindle fiber bar
13:49 *_Level 12_* Emergency snow goggles
15:40 *_Level 13_* Backbone bar
16:45 *_Level 14_* Utility pouch
17:49 *_Level 15_* Bush sandals

[YouBazinga]

When greatest human inventions are mentioned, the wheel, nails, the compass, the printing press etc. come to mind, but ropes and knots should be at the top of that list. Because of its practicality and versatility it is still a very important and irreplaceable invention.

[rickseiden]

About 6 or 7 years ago my son was a Boy Scout and I was an Assistant Scoutmaster. I came across J.D.'s books, and bought one of them. Every week I would craft a different neckerchief slide to wear. I still have about 20 of them. A lot of them I gave out to boys who didn't have a slide. It was a lot of fun making them. If you're reading this, thanks J.D.!

[throwingstarfishstudio]

It's so nice to learn that something that I thought was boring and antiquated is actually complex, useful, and even sacred. Well done surprising me!

[DRNKonTIDE]

I've been playing with ropes, knots, etc. for over a decade now, and when I was getting started, TIAT was easily my favorite channel to learn on. He hasn't posted much lately, but I'm glad to see he's still making cool stuff with knots!
Great video!

[maxdemian]

Good to know that I'm officially at knot tying level 1

[shanggosteen]

The captions make it 1000x times better

[DynestiGTI]

You know knots are complicated when it's a genuine mathematical topic of study.

[gothmafiakbk]

I've seen some comments about speed and camera angle here. Love what Wired has done - it is more of a demo than a tutorial. For anyone interested in learning more, JD has a (huge!) collection of single camera angle tutorial videos on his YouTube channel: Tying it all Together. He also has step-by-step books.

[tinkerchel]

I started following JD like 10 years ago..he got me into knot tying..
for some reason he stopped posting on his own yt channel..but im happy to stumble upon this🙂

[nicoleknaus]

ONE KNOTTY BOY IS ON WIRED! Breaking out into the mainstream talking about knots. I love it.

[ajhproductions]

What's up JT! Haven't seen you in a while, good to see you still doing those knots! This dude got me tying knots, his books are great. His channel Tying it All Together has hundreds of different designs to keep you busy, truly an awesome guy!

[TofuRabbit]

Especially loved the closing bit, where he highlights how knotting is very much a form of art and has so much to offer in terms of exploration and personal expression c:

[Misteribel]

Very clear instructions. Not so sure about the levels (fisherman is, I think, easier to tie correctly and safely, than the bowline, for instance, just my 2p as a sailor ;) ).

[TokyoXtreme]

Nice to see Wired supporting useful content for the upcoming hard times.

[georgehiggins]

3:28. I've never seen anyone else do this before! I used to play with string a lot when I was little and I thought I invented it! cool to see that it has a name!

[thomaskopunye-ouut]

Wow! Only saw your hands in your knot videos. You are master of your Craft and great teacher. Thank you for sharing your art and great knowledge of ropes and knot tying.

[elleo]

When I’m randomly looking up knot videos and WIRED releases one that same day 🥰

[Mortarion]

6:40: 'take the six and put it on top of the nine'
nice