Larks head, although also called a choke. A toggle is an internal framing member or type of switch....A toggle (that's what we call it, but I don't know if that's standard - anyone else?) is also useful - its really just bending the rope in half and passing the two ends through the loop. It's useful for hanging drops from grommets, supporting a cable run along a wall, or lots of other scattered places. ...
In most of these hauling situations, the bowline is my go-to knot. It makes a loop that you can use, it's easy to undo no matter how much weight you put on it, and it's easy to show someone. A figure eight is a very important knot when using a sheave or a block - it just creates a wider part of the rope so it won't accidentally run back through the sheave and fall. A toggle (that's what we call it, but I don't know if that's standard - anyone else?) is also useful - its really just bending the rope in half and passing the two ends through the loop. It's useful for hanging drops from grommets, supporting a cable run along a wall, or lots of other scattered places. When tying tie-line, I use kind of a modified clove hitch with a half hitch stopper - just a normal half hitch, except with the line run around the batten twice, but usually not passed under the loop like with a clove hitch unless the head electrician specifically wants it. It helps keep the weight of the cable from loosening your knot, and it doesn't tighten the knot as much so it's easier to untie at strike. This is pretty standard for tie-line, but I don't actually know if the knot has a name. Those are what I use most often, but every stagehand should know those and a few more as well. You never know when you'll get a call into a hemp house and need to tie a belay knot, a prussic knot, a trucker's hitch, and a sunday all in a few minutes.
Always spelled bowline. But more often than not, I hear it pronounced as "bowe-linn", but the spelling is still the same. Might be a regional thing.
Overhand Knot
Figure Eight Knot
Bowline
Square Knot
Sheet Bend
Clove Hitch
2 Half Hitches
Trucker's Hitch
Belay Knot
Figure Eight
Figure Eight Loop
Larks Head ( also known as - Cow Hitch, Girth Hitch, choke, Cobra's Hood/Hitch)
Bowline
Bowline with a Half Hitch
Clove Hitch
Clove Hitch on a Bight
Half Hitch
Two Half Hitches
Belay Knot
Overhand
Double Overhand Stopper Knot
Square Knot
Sheet Bend
Double Sheet Bend
Prusik Hitch
Circus hitch
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