Sheep Bend with Canoe Trails Rope and Knot Skills

How to Tie a Sheep Bend
The sheet bend is a bend. It is practical for joining lines of different diameter or rigidity. It is quick and easy to tie. Once your have this simple knot it your repertoire you can quickly add its sister the double sheep bend with a second thread of the end under the locking rope.
Canoe Trail use and teach knots as part of their outdoor activities programmes. We use knots, lashings as part of pioneering and team challenges in our woodland programmes. Knots are also used in our low ropes courses along with pulleys and mechanical systems. Canoe Trail's Rich first learnt knots in Scouts as a youngster before taking up mountaineering and qualifying as a commercial diver which required knots in zero visibility at 30 metres in a strong current.
Our water safety qualifications also use knots as a core rescue skill. We love rope trickery and teaching others to use knots, lashings and learn new skills. Our adventure school youth programme teaches a blend of hard skills and life skills for young people alongside our sister company Inspired Life CIC which was a London 2012 Project.