Granny knot
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The granny knot is a bend knot, used to tie together two loose ends. It looks a lot like the reef knot, or square knot, and is sometimes confused with it. When attempting to tie a reef knot, it can be easy to substitute a granny knot accidentally, but this is dangerous because the latter slips if heavily tested. Once the granny knot is too tightly knit, it is not as easy to undo as the reef knot. It is better to tie a reef knot in nearly all circumstances. One way to distinguish them is that in the reef knot each loop passes completely over, or completely under (not through) the neck of the other.
The reef knot is commonly taught as left over right, tuck under then right over left, tuck under. The granny knot is the first step repeated twice, left over right, tuck under. This is a very common mistake made by people learning to tie a reef knot.
The Zeppelin bend should be used instead of both the granny knot and bend knot, as it is safer.
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