Learn How To Tie A Cow Hitch Variant Knot - WhyKnot

Easy step by step instructions for tying a cow hitch variant knot in this knot tying video tutorial.

This variant of the cow hitch or larks head knot is quite a bit more secure. Stronger even than the pedigree cow hitch.

other names for the lark's head knot include:Lark's foot, Girth hitch, Ring hitch, Lanyard hitch, Bale Sling hitch, Baggage Tag Loop, Tag Knot, Deadeye hitch, Running eye, Cow hitch

Related knots: Clove hitch, Cat's paw, Bale sling hitch, Prusik knot, Halter hitch

Uses: Any kind of not critical hitching application eg, trailer hitch, tying a tarp rope to a pole or tree branch etc

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[philipkindleysides]

Not sure if you still monitor this but thank you for the video. I struggle with knots and this really helped.

[miraznoor]

Watch this video by rotating the phone sidewise, then it makes more practical sense 😅

[starfishsystems]

It's an interesting knot, but not at all a variant of the Cow hitch.

The distinguishing feature of a Cow hitch is the two bights wrap around the post in the same direction before passing under the half loop which binds them. If that half loop were to instead be rolled into a full loop we would have a true variant of a Cow hitch. A Cat's Paw hitch puts a couple of twists on the bights, so it too could be said to be a true variant of the Cow hitch. Likewise, the Prusik hitch gives multiple turns to the bights. In all these cases, the knots are bilaterally symmetrical on the post.

The knot shown in the video has the two ends leading asymmetrically away from the knot. One leads over the post and one leads under it, in the same manner as a Clove hitch. The added loop is also markedly asymmetrical.

[josephlai]

I think it is also called a bull hitch.

[LockBits-tseo]

The last guy took ten minutes to explain that! Ta.