knot tying, a bight is a curved section or slack part between the two ends of a rope, string, or yarn. A knot that can be tied using only the bight of...

standing end is pulled. Both knots are identical and are composed of a slipped overhand knot, where a bight allows the knot to be released by pulling on...

pattern Chair knot (Fireman's chair knot) – knot tied in the bight forming two adjustable, lockable loops Chinese button knot – a decorative knot Cleat hitch...

related to knots. Contents:  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A bend is a knot used to join two lengths of rope. A bight is a slack...

(as a strangle knot that can be tied in the bight) in Lester Griswold's Handicrafts book; but Drew did not show it in his on book of knots later published...

The bowline on a bight is a knot which makes a pair of fixed-size loops in the middle of a rope. Its advantage is that it is reasonably easy to untie...

bight”). In modern English, bight may refer to: Bight (geography), recess of a coast, bay, or other curved feature Bight (knot), a curved section, slack...

button knot, double connection knot, double coin knot, agemaki, cross knot, square knot, Plafond knot, Pan Chang knot, and the good luck knot. Knots of more...

2 : this last tuck with a bight instead of the end as an end-side-slip for the final knot). Bottle sling (sides of a bight form one turn each, pleat between...

The bight is given one more half turn than in the former knot [which itself is given, "one additional half twist," more than the figure-eight knot], before...

Turk's head knots are classified according to the number of leads and bights, as well as the method of construction. The number of bights is the number...

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 tied...

material. — The Ashley Book of Knots A monkey's tail "is a permanent or semipermanent stopper that is put in the bight as well as the end. It is also...

a knot used for connecting a rope to an object. It is very similar to the cow hitch except there is an additional twist on each side of the bight, making...

under cyclic loading), to slip when pulled sideways, and the bight portion of the knot to capsize in certain circumstances. To address these shortcomings...

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...

The clove hitch is an ancient type of knot, made of two successive single hitches: 283  tied around an object. It is most effectively used to secure a...

on a bight, figure-eight follow-through, figure-eight retrace, Flemish loop, or Flemish eight) is a type of knot created by a loop on the bight. It is...

and involves a slip knot of one end holding a bight of the other end i.e. not really a double slipped reef knot. The name "Square knot" is also used for...

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...

fireman's chair knot (also known as the chair knot, Man-O-War sheepshank, double fool's harness or the Shaw special) is a knot tied in the bight forming two...

Make a bight and pass it through the ring. Form an overhand knot Pass the ring through the loop further back to the doubled line. Trim the knot . Finished...

with a stopper knot each Zeppelin bend tied with bights creating two fixed loops protruding from the knot core Zeppelin bend on bight with three very...

endless knot. A larger form, called the prolong knot, is made by expanding the basic carrick mat by extending, twisting, and overlapping its outer bights, then...

knots with the bights passed through the twists (one end of the rope must be available to tie the overhands). The dogshank, or sheepshank pouch knot,...

capsize if not dressed properly. However, this knot may be made secure by adding a Half Hitch to the top bight of the Sheepshank. This form of the trucker's...

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closer to the bight until only a short tail remains. Pass this tail through the bight then grasp the standing end and pull it away from the bight until it...

butterfly knot, alpine butterfly knot, Swiss loop and lineman's rider, is a knot used to form a fixed loop in the middle of a rope. Tied in the bight, it can...

It can be tied either with the end of the rope or with a bight. A simple and useful knotted structure, the cow hitch has been known since at least the...