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Tag: loop-on-the-bight

  • How to Tie a Figure Eight Slip Knot

    The Figure Eight Slip Knot is an adjustable loop-on-the-bight knot.

    1. Make a bight in the rope.
    2. Hold the center of the bight in the right hand. With the center of the bight in the right hand and the legs of the rope secured, twist two complete turns clockwise.
    3. Reach through the bight and grasp the long, standing end of the rope. Pull another bight back through the original bight.
    4. Pull down on the short working end of the rope and dress the knot down.
    5. If the knot is to be used in a transport tightening system, take the working end of the rope and form a half hitch around the loop of the figure eight knot.

     

     

     

  • How to Tie a Wireman’s Knot

    There are many knots that fall into the loop-on-the-bight category, but this one is particularly helpful when building a rope bridge (as described in an upcoming post).  This knot is basically tied by reverse french braiding the loops.

    1. Wrap two turns around the left hand (palm up) from left to right.
    2. Name the wraps from the palm to the fingertips: #1 (heel), #2 (palm), and #3 (fingertip).  Grab the #2 wrap (middle) and place it over the #1 wrap (heel).
    3. Grab the #1 wrap (now in the middle) and place it over the #3 wrap (fingertip).
    4. Grab the #3 wrap (now in the middle) and place it over the #2 wrap (heel).
    5. Grab the #2 wrap (now in the middle) and pull up to form a fixed loop.
    6. Dress the knot down by pulling on the fixed loop and the two working ends.  Pull the working ends apart to finish the knot.