Page 134 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

CROSSING KNOT

ossibly the simplest and the most insecure of all hitches, this is nevertheless a useful one:
Pwe use it all the time when we tie a parcel, and it is also the basis of the harness bend.
This is a quick and useful way of'roping off' an enclosure, but because there is no locking
tuck to hold it, tension on the line must be maintained.

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Cross one line over another
I so that they are at right
angles to each other. Bring the working
2 end of the line
down, behind the
other line.
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Take the working end
3 across the front of its own
standing part.

Tuck the
4 working end
up and under the
other line.