Summary: Tie a clove hitch to a post for use as an anchor. Learn how to tie clove hitch knots for lashing or anchoring in this free knot tying video from an Eagle Scout.
John Stewart is an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America and has instructed boy scouts on climbing, outdoor skills, pioneering, wilderness survival and kayaking for the past nine...read more
"Hi, my name is John Stewart, and this is how to tie a Clove Hitch. A Clove Hitch is going to be tied around a log, a post, or something that's going to be used as an anchor. This can be used for anchoring stuff, but you more commonly see it used, for people who are beginning to lash stuff together. If you lash two poles together, the you start knot is going to be a Clove Hitch. To tie a Clove Hitch, what you're going to do, is you're going to find your base, or your anchor, in this case a tree. You're going to go around it once. Your main line should be in the front already. The tag end that you're coming around with, you want to go over the top with that, to form a X. Go back around the tree again, and then come around, and go up underneath both of those, going straight through the center of the X. Lay that down, and pull it tight, and you've got a anchor point, that's not going to slip, and that's how to tie a Clove Hitch."
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