Page 114 - Peter Randall - The Craft of the Knot

The Pile Hitch is very quick and easy to tie, as long as you’re working at the end of a
stick or pole.

STEP 1 Pass a bight of rope around a post near the edge.

STEP 2 Open up the bight to pass it over the two standing parts and through the top of
the post.

It helps to learn tying the Pile Hitch before going on to the Icicle Hitch (see Chapter
8), which is an extension of the Pile Hitch.

SLIPPED OVERHAND KNOT

You start the Slipped Overhand Knot the same way you begin tying the Overhand Knot,

with one variation—the last tuck is made with a bight of the running end, so that the
very end is not pulled through the crossing turn. This is what you do when you tie the
bows in your shoelaces.

Pass the running end around the standing part, making a loop; then, make a bight in
the running end and pass it through the crossing turn. Pull on the standing part and the
bight to tighten.