Two half-hitches

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Two half-hitches
Names	Two half-hitches, Clove hitch over itself
Typical use	General-purpose hitch
Caveat
Releasing	Non-jamming
Category	Hitch knots
Group	Basic knots
Related

“ Use two half-hitches to tie a rope around a post. Pass the end of the rope around the post. Bring the end over and under the body of the rope (known as the standing part), then back through the loop thus formed. That makes a half hitch. Take the end around the standing part a second time and tie another half hitch. Pull it snug. ”

— Boy Scout Handbook p. 36

Required for

• Bear 22b
• Webelos Outdoorsman #11
• Tenderfoot #4b
• Small-Boat Sailing #7a
• Sea Scout Apprentice #5

Instructions

1. Loop over the top and pull through the hole to make a Half hitch.
2. Make a second Half hitch on the outside.
3. Pull tight.

Lesson Videos

• Video: Two Half Hitches

Notes

• The Two half-hitches knot is only secure when it is tight against the post.
• Two half-hitches 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