Originally Posted by Tourist in MSN

That looks like what I use for a variety of light duty things, including clothesline. My first spool was blue and white, second spool is black and yellow. But that line is too thin for food hanging, it is so small that it could tear your hands up if you had much weight on it.

I was a scout leader and only one other in my district was faster at tying the six basic Boy Scout knots than I was. That said, I usually use a tautline or bowline, less often a square knot or clove hitch. Almost nothing else. The tautline I almost always tie it with a slip knot for faster removal. You do not need to know much more than that.