How to Tie a Double Overhand Loop Knot

Video Transcript

"Now a slightly bulkier and stronger loop, of your overhand loop, is a double overhand loop. A double overhand loop will create a lot more tension and hold a lot more weight. But then again, like the overhand loop, it will not untie easy out of your rope. So be sure it?s a piece of rope you really don't care much about. So let?s take our link of rope that I have here, and lets set it down, and we'll go ahead and create a bite in it right here. And this bite will once again become my working end. So I'll take this bite and I'll loop it over. Then I'll loop it under once, and that will be my simple, my overhand loop. And I'll loop it over again to make my double overhand loop. You know as I pull these ends together, you'll see that it'll form this nice figure eight with both ropes. And the tighter I pull it, you might have to work with it a little bit, you'll see it will create this nice bulky knot. Now this knot is nice and secure, so the more tension that you put on it, this knot will not go anywhere. This knot will not pull out of your rope. And once again, you will probably not be able to untie this knot out of your rope. As you can see I'm having difficulty pulling it out with just that little bit of tension that I put on it. So we'll do this one more time. We'll take our length of rope and place a bite in it, like this. And we'll loop it over. And loop it under once. Our simple overhand, with a loop in it. We'll loop it over a second time for a double overhand with a loop in it. As we pull these together, you'll see them form this nice figure eight. I just have to work this in a little bit. And there you go, a nice secure double overhand knot."