This one wasn't on the original list, but it's my blog and I can change it if I want. The Sheet Bend is the gold standard for joining two different ropes, even if they're different sizes, slippery, wet, etc. It's knot number one in Ashley's Book of Knots, the knot "Bible".
Synthetic rope (most rope today) is notoriously slippery, and any knot involving ropes of substantially different sizes is liable to have some issues. If this was a heist blog, the knot below would involve a lot of yelling about it shouldn't hold:
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| IT'LL NEVER HOLD! |
I usually double my sheet bends. You can double a lot of knots, which just means you redo one or more steps. It takes about an extra second, and it makes it hold much better.
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| from: 101knots.com |
It's a pretty straightforward knot. Make a loop with the thicker rope, come into the loop from underneath/behind, go behind the "double" end of the loop, and back through the wrap you just made. If you're doubling, go around the back and through the wrap again. Pull tight. 5/5, easier to tie than a lot of knots that don't work as well anyway.
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