Butterfly Knot 

When you want a static eye in the middle of a line, consider the butterfly knot.  It is Butterfly Knotcommonly used by rock climbers, wranglers, and sailors.   The butterfly knot has the potential to bear weight in three directions.  A load can be put on either, or both, lines coming from the knot as well as the eye itself.  It will not bind and is easy to work loose.


Basic terms used in our knot tying instructions explained here

How To: Build a Butterfly Knot:
  1. Lay the line across the palm of your hand approximately where you want the butterfly to be in the line.
  2. Take 2 round turns around your hand. The size of your eye will depend on how loose you make the first round turn. The looser it is, the larger the eye.
  3. The line will be crossing your palm 3 times at this point. Reach under the loop nearest your fingers and pull the second loop out forming a bight.
  4. Tuck this bight under all the loops starting with the one nearest your wrist and pull it out towards your fingers.
  5. Remove the hand and grasp the two lines coming into the knot.
  6. Snug up the eye then separate and pull on the two lines below the knot.
The butterfly knot is an alternative to a figure eight on a bight.  Once this knot is completed, the size of the eye will remain the same.


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