Page 219 - The Pocket Guide to Outdoor Knots

SNUGGLE HITCH

Purpose

When a clove hitch (pages 86–87) is not sufficient for the job in hand, the gentle
curves and frictional crossovers of this hitch make it a stronger and more secure

alternative. It will cope with a pull at right-angles to the rail, spar, or whatever

else forms the point of attachment, and will withstand a pull or load that varies in
direction and strength.

Tying
Begin as if to tie a clove hitch, but then divert the working end to wrap and tuck

as shown (figures 1–3). Pull the knot snug and tight (figure 4). For a lengthwise
pull, locate the two parallel wrapping turns on the side of the loaded standing

part as the direction of pull.

Knot lore
This comparative newcomer to the knotting scene was devised by Yorkshireman

Owen K. Nuttall, a member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers, and
published in the Guild’s quarterly magazine Knotting Matters (in January 1987).