Zeppelin loop: Difference between revisions

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A '''zeppelin eye knot''', is a secure, jam resistant fixed size [[:Category:Loop knots|loop knot]] based on the [[zeppelin bend]]. It is one of the few eye knots suitable for [[bungee cord|bungee]]. It is also special in its ease of untying.

[[Image:Zeppelin Loop Tying.png|thumb|left|Tying the Zeppelin loop]]

[[Image:ZeppelinBagiHalkasi.JPG|thumb|left|Tying the Zeppelin loop using the magician method: the four stages of the method starting with a clover at 6 o'clock; The red line indicate ends of the overhand knot one starts with, and the green line at 3 o'clock indicates the ends of the underhand knot formed in later steps]]

==Tying==

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There are two versions of the zeppelin eye knot depending on how it is tied.

* The first version where the end seems to be vertical to the main part, and one of the loop sides seems to be the continuation of the main part, while the other loop side seems to continue as the working end out of the loop knot. This version is tied using the clover method, starting with an [[overhand knot]], then letting the working end pass in the following order through

*# - first the eye of the clover ([[overhand knot]]) on the main part side along with the main part (thus forming the loop)

*# - then the loop itself opposite the direction of the main part

*# - and last the other eye of the clover knot in the opposite direction of the exiting working end (loop side)

* The other version where the end seems to be the continuation of the main part, and both ends of the loop seems to be vertical to the main part. This version is tied using the clover method, starting with an underhand knot, then letting the working end pass in the following order through

*# - the same eye to form a simple [[noose]] thus forming the loop