Tying a slip knot

Quick and easy ~ once mastered

Often useful ~ but is not always reliable

This is an elegantly simple knot ~ it involves making two loops and passing one through the other. The demonstration of this needs pictures ~ rather than words ~ for an explanation.

There are some important comments to be made on variations ~ and inadequacies ~ [later!].

Making a slipknot ~ Take one end of the thread

Prepare to pinch the thread between thumb and first finger

Pinch the thread

Throw up a small loop over the thumb ~

~ and wriggle it under thumb ~ pinching both threads

Keep pinching. ~
Make another (larger) loop in the free thread ~
...and pass it up through the previous (eventually smaller) loop ~
The smaller loop is now going to become a simple knot

Tighten the smaller loop into a simple kniot ~
The larger loop is the main loop ~
Everything will collapse if something ~ my finger ~
is not pushed through the main loop

Tighten the knot around the left hand thread of the main loop ~
You will need to pull the right hand thread of the main loop ~
whilst still pinching the short end of thread ~
which is the other end of the simple knot

Keep tightening ~ and tidy everything up ~
and you can now release the left hand thumb-pinch

At this stage we have made a simple knot around one part of a bight ~ loop ~ of thread. If this simple knot is pulled very tight then it will no longer slip ~ which changes the size of the main loop. (If you do not want it to slip then tie a bowline [*].) If it is too loose then there is a danger that things will unravel or get out of control.

'How tight is tight?' is a reasonable question to ask. It depends on the strength of the thread ~ on the slipperiness of the thread (Waxed thread is slippery. The thread shown is hairy ~ some people call it twine ~ and it is not slippery.)

How tight are you are able to pull on the various threads? You have to gain experience to get everything the way you want it ~ and depending on what you are doing. (Pulling on the the 'wrong' threads is a common error.)

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