Page 161 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

ROLLING HITCH

(ALSO KNOWN AS MAGNER'S HITCH,
MAGNUS HITCH)

his useful knot is used by mountaineers and mariners, and is the most effective way of
T securing a small rope to a larger line that is under strain. As long as the smaller rope is
perpendicular to the larger rope, the knot will slide. But once tension is exerted on the
standing part and working end of the smaller rope, the knot locks into position.

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Pass the working end of the
I smaller line from front to
back around the anchorage.
Take the working end up,
2 and diagonally across, the
front of the standing part.

Bring the working end
3 down behind the anchorage
once more and then out, so that
it emerges between the
diagonal and the standing part.