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| Names | Friendship knot loop, Chinese crown knot loop, Slipped friendship knot loop, Sliding Chinese crown knot loop |
| Category | Loop |
| Related | Friendship knot |
| ABoK | #1032 |
Friendship knot loop is a knot to tie a secure and stable loop at the end of a rope.
The slipped version where the last move is done with a bight of the end, rather than with the end itself, is one that can be tightened flat, slid, locked (like a belt buckle), and then untied quickly (like when nature calls) with an exploding pop. If not tightened flat, this Slipped friendship knot loop collapses into a cube and will neither slide nor pop.[1]
Tying
Like tying a friendship knot, except that it is tied to the ropes own end, coming back from forming the loop.
See also
References
- ↑ http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/explode.htm Six Exploding Knots by Peter Suber.
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