Jeff Werner wrote in Sail Magazine, “Once you cut a piece of rope off the spool at the chandlery and bring it aboard your boat and give it a job to do, it becomes a line you have put to work.” Here I’ve put my artist’s line and the sailor’s line to work together.
This knot is a bowline, probably the most commonly found knot on a sailboat. It is used when one wants a fixed loop in a line that won’t slip or jam, such as fastening a mooring line to a ring or a post. The bowline is strong, but unties easily once it is not longer needed. It is a poor safety knot since it can work its way untied when there is no pressure on it.
Ruth Bailey, artist 
I’m interested in hearing what you think!