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CLOVEHITCH

Usingtwoinvertedloops

inafigureeight

Thismethodisveryattractive
becauseitissoeasy,butit
canonlybeusedwhenthe
hitchcanbedroppedoverthe
object.

Method

Formaloopwiththeendover

thestandingpart(1);hold

theloopsecurelywiththeleft

hand.Takethestandingpart

withtherighthand,allowing

sufficientlengthforthe

formationofasecondloop

andtwistthewristina

clockwisedirection(2).The

standingpartshouldendup

ontop.Nowflipthebottom

loopoverthetopone(3,4)

anddropthemoverthepost

withtherighthand,holding

theendin theleft(5).Tighten

theknotbypullingbothends

(6).