How Do You Tie A Figure 8 Knot (With Photos?
By knowing how to tie a figure eight knot, you open yourself up to being able to tie one of the most famous “Stopper Knots” there is. The Stopper Knots are useful not as a way of holding things together, but as a way to thicken a line for a specific purpose. Typically, they are tied in the end of a line, but in some cases, it’s tied in the middle. The point being that when the line is fed through a pulley or block, the line can be pulled only to a certain point, and will stop. This would keep the end of the line or rope from being pulled out of the pulley. Fold the line down on itself. Bring the bitter end (the loose end) behind the standing line (the part that makes the body of the rope.). Cross the bitter end over the front of the standing line. Take it back up through the loop you just made. Tighten. A superb knot that has been in use for many hundreds of years. It’s about as simple as it gets, but is very effective.
