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Step 1
Make a loop by crossing one end of the rope underneath the longer section. The loop is the beginning of a similar overhand loop that resembles a slip knot. Make sure you leave at least a few inches of rope at the end so you can complete the knot's final step.
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Step 2
Bring a loop through. Grab the rope from the standing part of the rope (the part away from the end you just made into a loop), pull the rope through the loop to create a second loop that emerges from your first loop. Leave the two loops as they are without tightening them.
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Step 3
Take the end of the rope (the end that you started with to make the first loop), around the standing part of the rope and up through the second loop you created.
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Step 4
Tie and tighten the knot. Once you've passed the end of the knot through the main loop, hold the body of the knot and pull the standing part of the rope to bring everything into its proper place.
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Step 5
Use the knot when needed. The Ashley stopper knot takes a little bit more time and patience than its stopper knot cousins. To use the Ashley stopper knot in climbing, put it to use when the hole that you're trying to prevent the rope from sliding through is too big for a figure eight or other stopper.
