Bridle Knot

Subject: Re: Another knotty question
From: abw@peritas.com (Andy Wardley)
Newsgroups: rec.kites
Date: 4 Mar 1997 10:02:05 -0000
Organization: Peritas Ltd.
Message-ID: <5fgrut$ais@aoxomoxoa.peritas.com>

Philip Le Riche <pleriche@bcs.org.uk> wrote:
>How do you reliably tie a line to a loop or grommet...

Using a bridle knot:

      _______               _______
     |       |             |       |
     |       |             |       |
     |       |             |       |
     |       |             |       |
     |       |             |       |
     |       |             |     @ |
     |    _____            |    _|___
     |   |   | |           |   | | | |
     |___|___|_|    =>     |___|___|_|
         |   |                 | | |
         |   |                 |_| |
         |   |                     |         
         |   |                     |         
         |   |                     |         
Stopper  |   |                     |         
Knot --> @   |                     |
             |                     |
             |                     |

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