How to make a plain sailor knot

The plain sailor knot is a knot that is very easy to undo and also has very good grip. It is a very simple and useful knot that is used to tie two ropes firmly. The plain sailor knot should not be made with very different sections. It should always be done with ends that have the same section.

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one

With the two ends you must make an X. Place one end on the other. You must be firjarte well that extreme is above the other.

two

Then you must tie a simple knot, for this you must roll one end around the other end of the rope.

3

Again with the ends of the two ends, you must re-perform an X. Now you must put the end that you had before underneath, on top of the other. This step is very important.

4

Reattach a simple knot, winding the end that you have over the end around you. Perceive that it should be like two intertwined loops.

5

Finally, pull the free extemos, in this way the plain sailor knot will remain strong.

• Always verify that the plain sailor knot is symmetrical. If you do not correctly perform step three, that is, do not change the order of the ends in this step, you will obtain the knot of the grandmother that is a knot similar to the plain but is not as useful or safe as the plain knot