Knot · Medium

Blood knot

A neat, symmetrical join for two mono lines of similar thickness.
Blood knot, step 1 of 4: Overlap the two line ends by about 15 cm, pointing in opposite directions.Step 1 / 4
  • Line A
  • Line B

Do

Tips

  1. 1

    Keep the turns lying neatly side by side while you pull.

  2. 2

    Use 4 turns on thicker line, 6 or 7 on thinner.

Avoid

Common mistakes

  • Tightening before the tags are through the middle gap.

  • Joining lines that differ a lot in thickness: use a double uni or albright instead.

The drawings are stylised to show the order of the steps. We do not publish knot strength percentages, as they depend on the line and how the knot is tied. Next: Dropper loop.