carrick bend

This knot is similar in appearance to a Carrick bend.

We've been tight as a carrick bend all our lives.

The carrick bend is a knot used for joining two lines.

But on the carrick bend he was all thumbs.

The eight crossings within the carrick bend allow for many similar looking knots to be made.

The lines in a "full" or "true" carrick bend alternate between over and under at every crossing.

The carrick bend is generally tied in a flat interwoven form shown above.

Animated carrick bend video and step by step process.

Unfortunately, with so many permutations, the carrick bend is prone to being tied incorrectly.

The fully interwoven diagonal carrick bend is the most secure variation.

The diamond knot begins as a Carrick bend with the ends exiting diagonally opposite each other.

In the carrick bend, which is otherwise similar to the double coin knot, the standing ends enter opposite long sides.

Tie the four cords into a granny, a reef, a cat's paw, and a carrick bend.

Some knots, such as the Carrick bend, are generally tied in one form then capsized to obtain a stronger or more stable form.

Finally, by keeping his eyes on the illustration and imitating it step for step, he managed to tie a carrick bend.

When seizing the carrick bend, both ends must be secured to their standing parts or the bend will slip.

Although the carrick bend has a reputation for strength, some tests have shown it to be as weak as 65% efficiency.

Its name stems from the fact that the mat is based on the decorative-type carrick bend with the ends connected together, forming an endless knot.

When the ends of the carrick bend are connected together, or more practically hidden behind the knot, it becomes a carrick mat.

In fact, it was a modified dockline--really three docklines fixed to each other with two carrick bends, making it long enough to reach the shore.

This form of the carrick bend is found depicted in heraldry, sometimes with the tails of heraldic serpents woven (or "nowed") into this knot.

The Elizabethan era plasterwork of Ormonde Castle in Carrick-on-Suir shows numerous carrick bends molded in relief.

A doubled carrick bend was used to ornamentally secure the lanyards on the breastplate of the US Navy Mark V diving helmet during inspection and between dives.

The award consists of a medal suspended from a blue ribbon; the ribbon is suspended from a silver colored bar bearing the design of a double carrick bend knot.

The name single carrick bend has been used and even recommended by many different people to refer to different knots with a similar general form to the carrick bend.