Slip knot

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Slip knot
Names	Slip knot, Running Hitch
Typical use	Sailing
Caveat
Releasing
Category	Hitch knots
Related

Required for

• Bear 22b

Instructions

1. Make a loop.
2. Pull a loop up through the loop.
3. Pull tight.

Lesson Videos

• Wonder How To Video: Slip Knot - Wonder How To Video: Slip Knot - Wonder How To Video: Slip Knot - Video: Slipknots - Video: Slip Knot & a Slippery Hitch Knot

Notes

• The Running Hitch is one of the Forty Knots.

See also

Knots by Use
Basic knots	Overhand knot · Square knot · Granny knot · Two half-hitches · Taut-line hitch · Bowline · Sheet bend · Slip knot · Clove hitch · Timber hitch
Advanced knots	Constrictor Knot · Monkey's Fist · Ocean Plait · Trucker's Hitch · Turk's Head
Special knots	Braiding · Carrick Bend · Chain Sinnet · Cow Hitch · Double Sheet Bend · Sheep Shank
Fishing knots	Arbor Backing Knot · Barrel Knot · Blood Knot · Blood Loop · Clinch Knot · Fisherman's Knot · Improved Clinch Knot · Nail Knot · Needle Knot · Palomar Knot · Surgeon's Loop · Turle Knot
Sailing knots	Bowline on a Bight · Cleat Hitch · Double Bowline · Figure Eight · Marline Hitch · Midshipman's Hitch · Rolling Hitch · Stevedores Knot
Climbing knots	Alpine Butterfly knot · Double fisherman's knot (Grapevine) · Figure eight follow-through · Figure eight on a bight · Figure eight on bend · Figure eight knot · Prusik knot · Safety knot · Water knot
Forty knots	[[]] · [[]]