Page 166 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"
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Bring the working end
4 around its own standing
part once more.
Make a second tuck with
5 the working end, working
it through between itself and
the standing part. Pull on the
standing part to tighten the
newly formed noose.
To convert the ti111ber hitch
into a killick hitch, simply
make a half-hitch 11e11r the
end ef the object to be
hauled.
This is the basic This extra lialf-hitch acts as
timber hitch. a stabiliser 1111d stops the
load fron1 s1vayi11g aro1111d
while i1 is being hauled.