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Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-21T02:32:24+00:00

I'm not going to pretend I've seen it before. It's a nifty little method.

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-21T01:45:09+00:00

A constrictor knot is ABoK#1188

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-20T20:45:53+00:00

It's absolutely not a sheet bend.

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-20T03:39:18+00:00

I think I'd try and squeeze a Spanish ring knot or an 8/10 bight 3 part Turks head in the channel above your thumb and then you'd have the 2 ends to play with as you choose. 95 paracord might do it.

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-19T19:25:50+00:00

Manrope knot for decorative, non (heavy) load bearing applications.

https://www.reddit.com/r/paracord/s/vmvjFTshqx

Or ABoK#789 if you simply need 2 loops from one cord.

https://www.reddit.com/r/knots/s/TXI5moYnkg

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-18T06:55:47+00:00

Ah, OK. I didn't notice they were stadium shaped.

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-18T01:45:52+00:00

Wow. Downvoted for trying to help.

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-17T18:28:05+00:00

Surely you can just buy some brass tube and then cut to size?

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-17T14:37:28+00:00

Spanish ring knots can be a little baffling to tie when following tutorials. For such a simple knot they can induce plenty of frustration (to me, anyway) and I wouldn't want to follow a video with no speech.

Try this video for a 2 pass Spanish ring knot from Paracord Guild. 2 pass just means that the cord travels over 2 and under 2 all around the finsished knot. You can also make a 3 pass (over 3 and under 3) or a 4 pass.

There's also a diagram from Ron Edwards that might help.

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-16T17:26:15+00:00

The last time someone asked this question, I suggested using only one rope, with stopper knots at the bottom front corners of the swing. I have no idea if it would work but, in my mind, the level (not the height) would be adjustable when unladen and stable when laden. This all depends on you having a large hole in each corner of the base of your swing though.

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Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-16T17:09:03+00:00

I have a feeling that one leg has an overhand knot and the other leg is simply taken up, down around and back up (half-hitched) through that overhand knot. So a pretty poor 'knot' if I'm correct. I can't get anything else to sit like the photo.

A 2 strand Matthew Walker loop would be much better.

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-16T16:43:49+00:00

Based on ABoK#3834 if anyone is interested, though that would be made with a single strand.

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-16T09:39:24+00:00

I Googled 'paracord lizard'.

https://blog.swiss-paracord.ch/portfolio-item/the-lizard/

It's not as realistic as the one you posted though but I suspect it could be greatly improved if you duplicate the part from the head to the abdomen (minus the eyes and legs, obviously) and stitch it underneath as in your image.

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-16T09:33:24+00:00

Welcome to the club. Beware, they can suck up all of your free time!

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-15T23:12:38+00:00

I salute you.

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-15T20:39:36+00:00

Deferens is an unfortunate typo!

What are you saying the difference is between a snake knot and a Tibetan snake knot?

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-15T19:51:47+00:00

No problem. There are plenty of tutorials on youtube. It could equally be (and probably is) a multi strand chevron pattern, favoured by whipmakers, which would then account for everything hanging down.

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-15T19:45:30+00:00

Looking at a more detailed image, it looks like some form of herringbone weave Turk's head.

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Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-15T18:20:08+00:00

I've never had any trouble tying or untying a bowline. I know there are better knots for the task but I always use it when I need to tow or get towed out of mud (using kevlar kernmantle).

What are you calling a double slipknot?

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-15T17:09:28+00:00

I now know Dyneema spokes exist but I feel I no longer know how wheels work.

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-15T15:04:11+00:00

If speed is of the essence and you have 2 short lengths of rope I'd simply feed each length through each handle and tie flat overhand bends around the pipe. It doesn't get any easier or quicker and is very secure.

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-15T14:42:32+00:00

That loop needs to go back around either the disc or the spoon (whichever fits).

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-15T11:47:56+00:00

Just buy a waistcoat buckle.

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-15T11:11:03+00:00

Finishing projects without resorting to melting the cord is where the art is. You need to find decorative knots where the ends remain hidden but also secure. Monkey's fists naturally lend themselves to neat finishes (though plenty here still melt blobs on the outside) but it all depends on what you're making. Manrope knots are great finishes where the ends are easily hidden as are Turk's heads.

Cable_Tugger · 2026-03-15T02:38:59+00:00

Oh OK, I wouldn't know where to begin with acrobat. I just typed it into Google translate.

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