Snake Knot

by asemery in Outside > Knots

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Snake Knot

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The snake knot is a nice base for a zipper pull, lanyard, key ring fob

the overhand, overhand stopper knot goes well with it and the ends can be trimmed close to the knot

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Middle a short length of cord and bring one end under the other . . . . .

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. . .and back over itself.

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Flip the knot upside down

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and bring the other end down under . . . .

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. . . and back up through the first bight

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tighten

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repeat steps 1 - 6 two more times for a total of three snake knots

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Tie an overhand knot a short distance above the snake knots

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Tie a second overhand knot just below around the two strands

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Bring the right hand strand up through the right hand bight of the first overhand knot

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Bring the left hand strand down through the left hand bight

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Tighten, the knot is complete