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Ashley’s stopper
Clifford W. Ashley, author of the enormous compilation of knots and ropework, The Ashley
Book of Knots, invented this stopper, which he said gave more bulk with less rope than other
stopper knots. It can be used to stop a rope from going through a hole or eye up to twice the
rope’s diameter.
Start with a loop, with the working end emerging from the back of the loop. Pull a bight from the
standing part through the loop from back to front (1). Feed the remaining working end through
the bight (2). Pull on standing end (3) to tighten the knot (4).