Bight (knot)
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In knot tying, a bight is a curved section or slack part between the two ends of a rope, string, or yarn. A knot that can be tied using only the bight of a rope, without access to the ends, is describ
An open loop of rope. Sources differ on whether this is a bight.
The blue rope (right) is half-hitched through and around a bight of the red rope (left) in this sheet bend.
The final tuck of this slipped buntline hitch is made with a bight rather than the end, making it easier to release after tightening.
In the tying of a marlinespike hitch, a bight of the standing part is snagged through the loop.
Bowline on a bight
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The bowline on a bight is a knot which makes a pair of fixed-size loops in the middle of a rope. Its advantage is that it is reasonably easy to untie after being exposed to load. It is one of the two
Bight (knot)
…the middle of a long climbing rope. Many knots normally tied with an end also have a form which is tied in the bight (for example, the bowline and the bowline on a bight). In other cases, a knot being tied in the bight is a matter of the method of tying rather than a difference in the completed form of the knot. For…
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