Half hitch spiral
How the Half hitch spiral is tied, what it is for, and how much cord it uses.
- Family
- sinnet
- Difficulty
- easy
- CordsWorking strands the knot is tied with, fillers included
- 3
- 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.
- 3.5 x
- 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.
- 1 cord diameters
- Used for
- A thinner twisted column than the half-knot spiral; cords for hanging lamps and small hangers.
- How it is tied
- One working cord ties half hitches one after another around one or two filler cords, always in the same direction, so the column twists into a spiral.
- Related knots
- half-hitch,half-knot-spiral