Learning new knots - Stevedore Knot

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Learning new knots tutorial - Part 3. Stevedore Knot

This is another form of a stopper knot. It is bigger in size than the overhand knots. This knot is traditionally used by dockworkers to stop the end of a rope from puling through an eye.

1. First we make a bend/loop in the rope.
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2. We then twist the rope to put a twist in the loop. Do so by grabing the tip of the loop and twisting it 360^o clockwise (Looking down on the loop end, not the two lose ends)
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3. We then take our loose end and pass it underneath the rope leading to the loop.
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4. Then push the ropes end through the loop. Go over the first part of the loop and under the second.
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5. Work your knot tight and you now have a finished Stevedore Knot.
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More knots to come.
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