Overhand knot with draw-loop

Type of knot
Overhand knot with draw-loop
CategoryHitch
ABoK52

A slipped half hitch[1][2] is a knot in which the weight of the load the rope carries depresses the loop sufficiently to keep it in place until the load item is placed in its location. When no longer required the free end may be pulled and draw the loop through and so release the load.

  • Tying onto a ring.
    Tying onto a ring.

The Overhand Noose[3] is sometimes used as a Slip Knot to form the loops of a Trucker's Hitch, or as a Stopper. Double Noose is used in arboriculture to fix a rope to a carabiner. Today this knot is mistakenly named like Barrel Hitch.

  • Make an eye, the working end is shown on the right.
    Make an eye, the working end is shown on the right.
  • Bring the eye left and down, in front of the standing part.
    Bring the eye left and down, in front of the standing part.
  • Pull the standing part through the eye, forming a bight. The working end is shown below the standing end.
    Pull the standing part through the eye, forming a bight. The working end is shown below the standing end.
  • Tighten
    Tighten

Similar knots

  • Noose ABOK 43
    Noose
    ABOK 43
  • Slip knot ABOK 529
    Slip knot
    ABOK 529

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References

  1. ^ Day, Cyrus (1986). The Art of Knotting and Splicing, 4th Edition. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 36 (Knot #15). ISBN 0-87021-062-9. [first edition 1947]
  2. ^ Ashley, Clifford W.. The Ashley Book of Knots. Published by Faber and Faber, 1993 — #52 — p14 — ISBN 9780571096596
  3. ^ Day. The Art of Knotting and Splicing, 4th Edition. pp. 84 (Knot #88).