Barrel knot
How the Barrel knot is tied, what it is for, and how much cord it uses.
- Family
- finishing
- Difficulty
- easy
- CordsWorking strands the knot is tied with, fillers included
- 1
- Cord per finished cm (x)Cm of cord a working strand uses for each cm of finished knotting when the knot is repeated in a column (filler strands use about 1x). Used by the cord length calculator; empty when the knot is not repeated.
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- Height per knot (cord diameters)Finished height one knot adds to a column, in cord diameters (a square knot in 4 mm cord is about 1 cm tall). Empty when the knot is not repeated.
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- Used for
- A neater, longer stopper than an overhand knot on the end of a cord; a bead-like bump in a hanging cord.
- How it is tied
- An overhand knot in which the end is wrapped through the loop three or four times before it is pulled tight, so the knot becomes a short barrel.
- Related knots
- overhand-knot,coil-knot
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