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GRANNY KNOT
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z FALSE KNOT, BOOBY KNOT AND LUBBER'S KNOT)
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C> his has to be the most widely used knot. With twin drawloops, it's the knot we use to
z T tie our shoelaces with - and it's the knot that most often lets our shoelaces come
c undone. It's a pretty unreliable knot, as it either slips or jams - the sort of knot tied by a
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'land lubber' I Com.pare this knot with the reef knot, which is more secure because its two
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knot parts spiral in opposite directions, as opposed to the granny knot, both of w hose half-
knots are tied in the same direction. (The granny knot mnemonic is: left over right and
under, left over right and under.)
Take the two ends of a
I piece of cord and bring
them together, crossing the left-
hand end over the right-hand
one.
Tie a half-knot by passing
2 the left-hand end under
and back up over the right-
hand end.
Bring the ends together
3 again, and now cross the
left-hand end over the right-
hand end.
