Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Canonical Name: granny knot. Variant Names: None. [completed picture] Category: bend. Origin: Ancient. Related knots: reef knot. Releasing: Non-jamming. Efficiency: Unknown%. Caveat: spills. It is an inferior knot as it has it tendency to undo. Uses: Securing shoes. Comments: This is the knot used most commonly to tie laced shoes. It is similar in structure to the better holding square knot. Structure: Tying: article/pictures http://www.geocities.com/roo_two/reefknot.html This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.