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    Friendship knot loop is a knot to tie a secure and stable loop at the end of a rope. The slipped version where the last move is done with a bight of the...
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    version of this knot with a loop on either side is called a winged cross knot in Chinese knotting and macramé. Friendship knot loop Diamond knot (also known...
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  • usually a curve or loop. Knots that can be tied without access to either end of the rope are called knots in the bight. To tie a knot with a bight is to...
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    a loop (bight) and joining the loops with a second half hitch. The size of the loops and the length of the exposed ends are adjusted when the knot is...
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  • loops French Machard knot – see Klemheist knot Friendship knot – decorative square knot used to tie a neckerchief and in Chinese knotting Friendship knot...
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    bends, loop knots, and splices: a hitch fastens a rope to another object; a bend fastens two ends of a rope to each another; a loop knot is any knot creating...
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    The diamond knot (or knife lanyard knot) is a knot for forming a decorative loop on the end of a cord such as on a lanyard. A similar knot, also called...
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    through the remaining loop of the overhand knot and slide the loop up onto the line just above the eye of the hook. Moisten the knot to lessen the friction...
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  • Thumbnail for Angler's loop
    loop, otherwise known as a perfection loop, is a type of knot which forms a fixed loop. Useful for fine or slippery line, it is one of the few loop knots...
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    knot is one of the most fundamental knots, and it forms the basis of many others, including the simple noose, overhand loop, angler's loop, reef knot...
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    In fishing, a bumper knot (also known as a bait loop or egg loop) can be used to secure soft or loose bait, including clusters of eggs, to a hook. The...
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    The artillery loop is a knot with a loop on the bight for non-critical purposes. The artillery loop must have the loop loaded or it will slip and contract...
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  • Thumbnail for Butterfly loop
    butterfly loop, also known as lineman's loop, butterfly knot, alpine butterfly knot and lineman's rider, is a knot used to form a fixed loop in the middle...
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  • Thumbnail for Figure-eight loop
    Figure-eight loop (also figure-eight on a bight, figure-eight follow-through, figure-eight retrace, Flemish loop, or Flemish eight) is a type of knot created...
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    A honda knot is the loop knot commonly used in a lasso. Its round shape, especially when tied in stiff rope, helps it slide freely along the rope it is...
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    handcuff knot is a knot tied in the bight having two adjustable loops in opposing directions, able to be tightened around hands or feet. The knot itself...
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  • Thumbnail for Chinese button knot
    Chinese button knot is essentially a knife lanyard knot where the lanyard loop is shortened to a minimum, i.e. tightened to the knot itself. There emerges...
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  • Thumbnail for Fireman's chair knot
    chair knot (also known as the chair knot) is a knot tied in the bight forming two adjustable, lockable loops. The knot consists of a handcuff knot finished...
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  • Thumbnail for Turk's head knot
    Turk's head knot, sometimes known as a sailor's knot, is a decorative knot with a variable number of interwoven strands forming a closed loop. The name...
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    Cow hitch (redirect from Lark's head knot)
    used to form the knot and the way in which it is loaded. In particular, the knot can be formed with an end of the rope, in a closed loop or strap, or a...
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  • Thumbnail for Zeppelin loop
    A zeppelin eye knot, is a secure, jam resistant fixed size loop knot based on the zeppelin bend. It is one of the few eye knots suitable for bungee. It...
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    Lapp knot loop. Lapp knot used as quick-release binding knot (to tie up a rolled jacket) and as loop (to hang it up by the standing part). The knot is documented...
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    Noose (redirect from Running knot)
    A noose is a loop at the end of a rope in which the knot tightens under load and can be loosened without untying the knot. The knot can be used to secure...
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    too little load. The knot has several features which allow a rope to be shortened: It provides two loops, one at each end of the knot which can be used to...
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    push the bottom loop back up and through the top loop. half a sheepshank loop through loop untightened tightened "Span Loop". Notable Knot Index. Retrieved...
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    Eskimo bowline (redirect from Cossack knot)
    bowline, Cossack knot (Russian: Казачий узел), reverse bowline, or 'anti-bowline' is in a class of knots known as 'eye knots' or 'loop knots'. The eye is...
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    Bowline (redirect from Bowline knot)
    The bowline (/ˈboʊlɪn/) is an ancient and simple knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope. It has the virtues of being both easy to tie and...
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    The constrictor knot is one of the most effective binding knots. Simple and secure, it is a harsh knot that can be difficult or impossible to untie once...
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    loop is a common name for a knot forming two loops. This knot has been a known variant of the Bowline on a bight per the International Guild of Knot Tyers...
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  • end moving through the loops can accelerate wear at the loops. Make a loop knot on one end of the rope and another loop knot in the middle, just shorter...
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