The slip knot is a stopper knot which is easily undone by pulling the tail ( working end ). The slip knot is related to the running knot , which will release when the 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 an end; the working end for a slip knot, and the standing end for a running knot. The slip knot is used as a starting point for crochet and knitting .
7-429: The slip knot is a stopper knot that may be spilled or slipped instantly by pulling on the end to withdraw a loop. There is but one knot entitled to the name; any others having a similar feature are merely "slipped" knots . The slip knot is closely related to the overhand knot , the difference between the two being in the treatment of the end. In the former the end is doubled before it is finally tucked. To untie, all that
14-414: A curve "no narrower than a semicircle" is a bight, while an open loop is a curve "narrower than a bight but with separated ends". However, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Knots (2002) states: "Any section of line that is bent into a U-shape is a bight." In order to make a slipped knot (also slipped loop and quick release knot ), a bight must be passed, rather than the end. This slipped form of
21-407: Is required is a smart pull on the end of the rope, which withdraws the loop and causes the knot to spill instantly. A slip knot may be tied in the bight as readily as in the end, but the load must be on the standing part of the knot only. It is used wherever the necessity to cast off suddenly may arise. The slip knot is formed by first creating a loop in the shape of a "p". Place a hand or hook through
28-419: The bight of a rope, without access to the ends, is described as in the bight . The term "bight" is also used in a more specific way when describing Turk's head knots , indicating how many repetitions of braiding are made in the circuit of a given knot. Sources differ on whether an open loop or U-shaped curve in a rope qualifies as a bight. Ashley (1944) treats bights and loops as distinct, stating that
35-401: The ends of the rope. This can be an important property for knots to be used in situations where the ends of the rope are inaccessible, such as forming a fixed loop in the middle of a long climbing rope. Many knots normally tied with an end also have a form which is tied in the bight (for example, the bowline and the bowline on a bight ). In other cases, a knot being tied in the bight is
42-419: The knot is more easily untied. The traditional bow knot used for tying shoelaces is simply a reef knot with the final overhand knot made with two bights instead of the ends. Similarly, a slippery hitch is a slipped clove hitch . The phrase in the bight (or on a bight ) means a bight of line is itself being used to make a knot. Specifically this means that the knot can be formed without access to
49-422: The loophole and grab a bight on the working end. Draw this bight through the first loop. Seat the knot and pull the bight until a small loop is created. This knot -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Slipped knot In 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
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