This thread is about providing a list to disinterested customers. You won't be there to explain anything, or maybe the disinterested customer is looking at the list of knots a year after your lecture to them while they dozed off.
Agh, this thread is going in circles. I think I'm done here.
Exactly. That is why it was suggested to always teach knots in context, i.e. with at least some applications of that knot.
My idea of that list would be similar to the 1 page pdf file of the original surrey six.
It should contain a brief description of the knot, what it is for and (perhaps more imporantly: what it isn't for > do's and don'ts), a diagram that shows clearly how to tie it and two or three small illustrations of applied us of each particular knot.
Example:
Say we put the Blake Hitch on the list:
We show how to tie it with a clear diagram
We give a brief description of its function and intented use (climbing a rope (illustration)
Additional uses: ascend a pole in combination with a fixed loop (illustration), tightening tent lines by creating an adjustable loop (illustration) ...
do's: do use extra turns to increase the amount of friction if needed (slippery material e.g.)
do use a stopper knot for safety when using it as an ascending knot...
etc.
P.S.:
The Blake Hitch seems to work fine also as a regular hitch (with perpendicular direction of pull) and the adjustable loop can also function as a hitch.
With extra turns it seems to perform similarly well as the gripping sailors hitch or the icicle hitch (in my first tests). For that reason I am considering adding Blake's Hitch to my list in favor of the timber hitch and the sailor's hitch, which would free a slot for an additional knot.