Vertical lark's head
How the Vertical lark's head is tied, what it is for, and how much cord it uses.
- Family
- hitch
- Difficulty
- easy
- CordsWorking strands the knot is tied with, fillers included
- 2
- 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.
- 4 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.
- 2 cord diameters
- Used for
- A knotted edge or column along a holding cord; a chain of them makes a firm bar.
- How it is tied
- A working cord is tied in lark's heads around a taut holding cord one after another, each made of one hitch over and one under. Sits like a row of buttons along the holding cord.
- Related knots
- larks-head,half-hitch