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Tying Half Hitches

Using the one hand knot-tying technique, half hitches can be tied either underhand or overhand. The
following instructions define an underhand loop and an overhand loop.

Underhand Loop (Fig. 8)

FIGURE 8. A-E. Underhand half hitch.

 Drape the loop limb over the index finger and thumb of the dominant hand while holding the end
of the loop limb in the remaining three fingers (Fig. 8A ).
 Hold the post limb between the index finger and thumb of the nondominant hand.
 Cross the post limb perpendicular to the loop limb that spans your thumb and index finger on your
dominant hand. (Fig. 8B ). Curl your dominant index finger around the post limb (Fig. 8C ).
 Drape the loop limb across the dorsal aspect of the distal phalanx of the dominant index finger.
 Extend the wrist and index finger of the dominant hand drawing the distal aspect of the loop limb
through the circle made by the post and the proximal aspect of the loop limb (Figs. 8D, E ).