Page 22 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

Parts of a rope When the two adjacent parts of a rope
T he end of a rope that is actively involved in cross over, a bight turns into a loop. A simple
the knot-tying process is known as the work- loop is an overhand loop. T his is when the
ing end. (Anglers may, however, also call it the working end of the rope lies on top of the z
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tag end.) standing part. (An underhand loop is reversed: :;ig
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The remaining part of the rope is called the working end lies underneath the standing c
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the standing part. At the end of the standing part.) Add an extra twist to th e loop and you n
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part of the rope - that is, the other end, away will create an elbow.
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from the end you are working with - is the z
standing end. This standing end just 'sits' there,
hopefully being very well behaved! TIP
R ope that is folded back on itself without
To help you remember which end of your
crossing over creates a bight. You can create a rope is the working end, colour-code your
whipping. You could use some coloured
bight to locate the exact centre of a piece of
adhesive tape for this.
rope: when you have done this you have mid-
dled the rope.

The parts of a rope

Working end

Standing part
Bight
of rope ----1~
Standing end ----1~