How to tie the snake knot

In this tutorial I show you how to tie a snake knot. The knot has many uses in rope crafts, from making bracelets, lanyards, to even making dog leashes and zipper pulls.

It is a very common knot in the paracord crafts, so I highly recommend learning it.

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Music by Kevin MacLoud and Jey Row.

[jtaylorb]

Man the flip method is genius, i learned this knot faster doing your method then watching so many others showing the same. Thanks!!!

[good_youtube_handle]

BEST version of the snake knot! even, consistent, threaded knots. 👍👍

[freman]

I also wanted to add my thanks. This video helped me add a short lanyard of gutted paracord to my Cold Steel Eland.

[cs_goober]

Voice is so calm and soothing. Perfect video for first time learners such as myself.

[starrz]

Found this one a little confusing, watched a simpler video, done slightly differently. The other video helped me understand this one. Pretty happy, now I know how to tie a snake knot 2 different ways. Thanx!! (Your video was actually pretty simple, I just couldn't brain it first 3 times🙈)

[troyanthonymorris]

Thank you for your easy to follow demonstration. I really appreciate it!

[grimtt]

Think i finally got this one… your instructions are simple and tight!👍

[JDStone]

Awesome! Quick and simple! I had a slighy head injury that affected my.memory, so if I go more than two or three days without tying a knot, I need to watch how to do it again. All the knots I learned before the injury I still know, it is just when I learn a new one. Thank you, take care!

[TyBardy]

this method is not like most, but produces the best looking snake knot I've ever seen

[tigbitz]

best snake knot tutorial on youtube! the others were so confusing lol thank you so much!

[damedesmontagnes]

Thank you. This explanation and demonstration is so much easier to understand than some other tutorials.

[PaulKSV]

I've been doing the snake knot all wrong! Is this how all snake knots are always done? I watched a video on here and they did the same knot, but never flipped it or tied it into the last knot. Wow! Thanks!

[RyanGrn]

Thank you for showing how to tie a TRUE snake knot.

[Dtrixx]

Great page sir. Used the snake knot with some celtic knots to make a fishing net lanyard. Looks amazing. Thanks!

[rapid]

An 18 inches long piece of paracord will make a 6 knots lanyard with a full length of approx 3 inches. Long enough to pull a fixed or folded knife or multi-tool out of the sheath. Just to give an idea of how much paracord you will need to make different length "snake knot" lanyard.

[CoreySenderson]

i watched like 5 of these videos and this was the easiest to follow. Thanks!

[derchef]

Your are better explaining it in englisch than all german guys I’ve watched. Ps: I know my english is crap

[ZenEugene]

Thanks a lot! I looked through five races until I figured out how to make a knot!

[ImmaHogg]

I know this vid is 4 years old, and I have used this as a guide before (great vid!), but I notice that this way of tying the snake knot differs from what most others do, in that this one ties and connects each subsequent knot together, whereas the traditional way is basically to tie separate knots, one knot tied tightly against the other. Does anyone with more experience with this know if there is an advantage of one version over the other?

[damienpv]

Great video 👍excellent instructions!!! Stay hydrated my friend. When the finger tips become wrinkled or more elastic (stretchy) your body needs fluids 👍 Would you mind doing some vids with some shackles for buckles?