A pocket full of knots.

Step 8 Lark's Head Hitch

This simple knot is very effective for fastening closed loops together - it's the knot used to fasten rubber bands together - and is useful for tying tape loops when climbing.

Pass one loop ("loop A") through the other ("loop B"), and fold it back towards itself.

Thread the part of loop A that did not go through loop B through the part of loop A that did go through loop B, then pull tight.

That takes a lot longer to read than do - it's a lot clearer in the images.

Comments

[reddevved]

One of my Scout leaders called it a "Cat's Eye Knot" or something like that before but that might be because I didn't tie it with a loop I tied it with a piece of rope on a pole.

[surfreak]

We always called it a girth hitch climbing, but kiters seem to like lark's head.