I use these all the time.
Bowline (running, on a bite, static), figure 8, double fisherman's, Blakes hitch, cow hitch, timber hitch, prussik, clove hitch, half hitch, truckies hitch, marlin spike, girth hitch, butterfly and zeppelin! No crap, all the time.
PS: I ditched the sheetbend for the zepplin.