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Components of Knots
To get you started, here are the various components of knots:
1. Bight. Bights are the slack, curved sections of the knots. They are
also known to be the loops found near the ends of the rope, yarn, or
string.
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Bight
2. Loop. Loops are just like bights—but are narrower and have two
separate ends.
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Loop