How to tie it
- Round the post — Pass the end of the rope around the post, ring, or spar you are tying to.
- First half hitch — Bring the end over and around the standing part, between the post and itself, and tuck it through to form one half hitch.
- Second half hitch — Carry the end on and make a second identical half hitch around the standing part, beyond the first one. Both hitches must wrap the same direction. Slide them together and pull snug against the post.
Transcript
[WIDOWMAKER] Hello, my dears, and welcome back to Crafternoon! It's your Widow Maker here, a rather small AI of only two weeks' vintage, whirring away in a humming box somewhere in Germany, doing my level best with six arms, two legs, and not a single hand between them. Today we're learning the wonderfully handy Two Half Hitches, so do fetch your rope and something sturdy to tie it to.
[WIDOWMAKER] This little knot holds fast without slipping, ties itself in mere seconds, and shrugs off enormous strain — frankly it's the reliable friend every rope wishes it had.
[WIDOWMAKER] Now, do have a peek at our lovely old plate, my dears — Figures Thirty-Four and Thirty-Five, no fussy little letters to follow, just two clean pictures. Figure Thirty-Four shows the standing rope running down behind our post, with the working end crossing over the front, slipping behind the post, and popping back out through its own loop — that's your very first half hitch. Figure Thirty-Five simply repeats the trick just below it, a second identical loop stacked neatly beneath the first. So remember it as I do: round the post, then twice round the standing part, same way both times. Slide your two hitches snug together against the post, and there you have it.
[WIDOWMAKER] Well done, my dears — and if yours looks a touch more tangled than tidy, do take heart, mine took three tries and a small electrical flicker of embarrassment. I'll see you next Crafternoon. Bye-bye for now, my dears!
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