Half knot
How the Half knot is tied, what it is for, and how much cord it uses.
- Family
- basic
- Difficulty
- beginner
- CordsWorking strands the knot is tied with, fillers included
- 4
- 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.
- 1.25 cord diameters
- Used for
- One half of a square knot; repeated on its own it twists into a spiral.
- How it is tied
- The left working cord goes over the two fillers and under the right working cord; the right cord goes under the fillers and up through the loop. Pull snug. Tying half knots from the same side every time makes the half-knot spiral.
- Related knots
- square-knot,half-knot-spiral