Tying a Bowline on a Bight Knot

Sometimes you need to make a solid loop in a line and can't access the ends. A Bowline on a bight makes a couple of loops that don't slide. It can be used to attach something on the middle of a line. It does not tighten or slide around.

It starts off like a regular bowline knot but when the otter comes out of the pond it does NOT go around the tree.

The loop (pond) gets slipped in the otter part of the knot. This gets puled right over the knot to settle against the tree.

The otter and tree analogy is how I learned the bowline. It makes it easier to remember.

I have some pages about materials used in ropemaking also trade names of ropes. So far I have nylon and polypropylene

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