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\"Discover<\/p>\n

The monkey\u2019s fist knot is a compact ball of interwoven loops. Today, it\u2019s used mostly for decoration, but it has a practical origin. The monkey’s fist knot was originally developed by sailors who needed a weighted end for the heaving lines used to cast ropes from ship to shore or ship to ship.<\/p>\n

In this illustrated guide, we walk you through how to tie this nautical staple. Use it the next time you\u2019re captaining a ship or to just create a cool-looking keychain for your kid.<\/p>\n

Illustration by Ted Slampyak<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The monkey\u2019s fist knot is a compact ball of interwoven loops. Today, it\u2019s used mostly for decoration, but it has a practical origin. The monkey’s fist knot was originally developed by sailors who needed a weighted end for the heaving lines used to cast ropes from ship to shore or ship to ship. In this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[229,42259],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-188598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-illustrated-guides","category-skills"],"featured_image_urls":{"aom":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Monkey-Fist-Knot-BLANK1-372x230.jpg","reactor-320":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Monkey-Fist-Knot-BLANK1-320x167.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188598"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188603,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188598\/revisions\/188603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188598"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=188598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}