Half Hitch Knot
Here is my attempt at showing how the half hitch knot is made. This is the first step in learning how to make the “zig zag” looking knot.
This hemp knot is actually pretty easy. I have a pic here with numbers by the steps in order in which you tie the knot.
The natural colored hemp is your knot bearer. The read one is which you will tie the knot.
Step one: Take the read hemp and go OVER the natural hemp.
Step two: Form kinda a loop with the read hemp and then go UNDER the natural hemp.
Step three: Place the red hemp OVER the start of the loop before pulling it tight to tie. Here is another picture showing the hemp almost tied.
Last step is to pull the knot tight. That is it!! Simple simple simple. (Unless my directions aren’t very good lol)
Now to tie a Double Half Hitch knot, you will just repeat the process that you just did with the same knotting cord.
Happy Knotting
February 17th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
hey! i really wanna try the half hitch knot but befoe i do i have a couple questions… First so i have a barrer and with two lines of cord. then i have my knot tying ones on the side wiht two cords and well so a total of 6.. how do you do this knot wiht all of those cords.. or what do i do! help me lol thanks
Sydney
February 17th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Hi Sydney!
I understand what you are saying here. You do not need all those cords.
Unless you are trying to get a look other than the “corkscrew” look, which is what the half hitch knot does, then you only need one knotting cord.
Just like the red cord in my picture, you only need one knotting cord. You can use the 2 bearer cords, just do the knot around both of them.
Does this help? Make you more confused? Let me know!
Thanks so much for visiting and asking your questions!
Kristy
March 26th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
kristy
i think that you should and the half hitch on two cords tied togather as one
March 27th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Phil,
Yes, you are right, you should use 2 or more cords to tie the knot around. But for the example, I just used one to make it more easy to see how the knot is made.
June 12th, 2008 at 4:05 am
Hello!
I am just wondering, is the half hitch knot the hemp knot I could use in someone’s hair?
If not, do you have any suggestions? I appreciate any suggestions, and thank you for this amazing website!
-Cayla
June 12th, 2008 at 4:36 am
Never mind the question above… I found my answer.
September 7th, 2008 at 11:26 am
hey, im tryin to learn how to make a hemp necklace for my boyfriend because the cross i bought him would lookt he best on it. Im tryin to learn the basic, we like the art of the zig zag, but im a beginner. Welike the looks of hte big knots, is there any pages that you could guide me to? thanks for your time. I just want to see pictures of them to see if i want to pursue making it at first.
September 7th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Kaitlin,
I am not sure what big knots you are referring to. You can try to google big hemp knots and see if that will bring up anything. and use the image search, maybe that will help.
October 3rd, 2008 at 12:06 pm
that was cool…I’ve just started learning how to make hemp jewelry and that’s my 3rd knot I’ve learned…