Page 141 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

Cow HITCH

:fi (ALSO KNOWN AS LARK'S HEAD AND LANYARD HITCH)
:c .............................................................................................. .
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t:: This hitch is made of two half-hitches and is the least secure of all hitches. Its name
:C suggests its common use - as a n1eans of temporarily tethering livestock. Equal strain
needs to be applied to both standing parts to ensure that the knot does not work loose.

Widen the bight to extend
2 to either side of the
standing parts.

Double a length of rope
I to form a bight. Pass the
bight from back to front
through a ring.

Pull the
3 standing
parts forwards,
through the bight,
and pull tight.
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