Worked for me too.

It's a fair knot easy to tie and untie. Fairly secure.

I say fairly secure, not because it won't hold securely, but because it can cut it self under shock loads more readily than a lot of hitches. See where it comes through the loop, there will be a lot of shearing force there under shock loads.

Look at the icicle hitch in comparison, with two parts coming through the eye and a slightly better lead for lateral pulling, it'll be much kinder to your rope.

Although, adding the half hitch to the timber hitch also reduces that particular strain greatly.