Page 133 - Buck Tilton - Outward Bound Ropes, Knots, and Hitches 2 ed.

Carrick Bend: Step 2

Lay the working end of the second line across the

first loop, as shown in the photograph.

The carrick bend creates a very stable knot when tied
correctly, even when the material in the two lines differs,

such as when synthetics are joined to natural fibers. But this
knot is often tied incorrectly by beginning knot tyers who

weave the second working end inappropriately through the
first rope’s loop. The wrongly tied knot appears, on casual
glance, to be a carrick bend, but it falls apart under

pressure. Because of this, some knot enthusiasts refer to
the knot pictured here as the true carrick bend. This knot

has been known and often used by mariners for at least a
thousand years. It appeared in print for the first time in a

book of nautical terms, Vocabulaire des Termes de Marine,
published in France in 1783. Mistakenly considered by many