Knots, Hitches, and Splices 



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on the wrist as shown. Bend the right wrist so that the palm of the hand 

 is upward and the little finger touches the short end of the rope. Then 

 rotate the wrist as shown by the upper arrow. This will cross the sides 

 of the bight and form a loop around the wrist, and at the same time will 

 bring the main rope in between the thumb and the first finger as shown 

 in Fig. 123 and as indicated by the lower arrow in Fig. 122. Grasp the 

 main rope and draw a bight up through the loop, as shown in Figs. 124 

 and 125. 



Fig. 126 



Fig. 127 



Hitching tie begun 



In starting with the position shown in Fig. 124, the end is held in the 

 left hand and the loop formed by twirling the rope to the right between 

 the thumb and the fingers of the right hand. 



Either method is easy, provided the end is held in the left hand at the 

 beginning. 



Hitching tie. — This knot is used for hitching a tie rope to a post. It 

 is made as follows: 



Fig. 128 



Fig. 129 



Hitching tie finished 



Fig. 130 



Pass the rope around the post from left to right, thus forming a bight. 

 Grasp both sides of the bight in the left hand, and with the right hand 

 throw the short end across the ropes in front of the left hand as indicated 

 by the arrow in Fig. 126, thus forming a second bight below the left hand. 

 Pass the right hand through this second bight, as in Fig. 127, and pull 

 the rope back through it to form a third bight, down through which 



