Page 150 - The Pocket Guide to Outdoor Knots

FIGURE OF EIGHT TRIPLE LOOPS

Purpose

This chair sling knot provides a loop for each leg and another to go around
beneath the armpits at chest height—but see the caution given for the similar

knot on the previous page.

Tying
First make a long bight and with the doubled line begin by tying a figure of eight

knot with a draw-loop (figure 1). Then bring the projecting single loop up and
over the front of the knot to be tucked as shown. Tighten the numerous knot

parts, at the same time adjusting the loops to the size required (figure 2).

Knot lore

This knot was first described and illustrated in the mid-1980s by the

accomplished Canadian climber Robert Chisnall, who later served as President
(1996–98) of the International Guild of Knot Tyers.