Double Splayed Loop in Bight

• 1). Hold your rope loosely and form a loose loop in the middle of the rope. Twist it once, so that one loop becomes two. The rope should look like a figure-eight in the middle of two ends of rope.
  
  
• 2). Keep the bottom of the two upper loops in position and fold the upper of the two loops down behind the rest of the knot.
  
  
• 3). Pull the new lower loop up through the original first loop. Don't pull the loop tight yet. If you did pull the loop tight, you would be left with a knot that is known as an alpine butterfly. The Alpine Butterfly is a knot that is used for climbing. Now, you should have a central loop with a loop to each side.
  
  
• 4). Grab the two loops that are on either side of the central loop. Pull them up through the central loop.
  
  
• 5). Grab the vertical loop and bring it down below the rest of the knot. You will be left with a lower loop and two rabbit ear loops above the center of the knot.
  
  
• 6). Carefully pull the central knot tight. You should be left with a knotted core and two large loops. These can be used to hang things in, or even to sit in if the knot is large enough.
  
  

Grapevine or Double Fishermen's Bend

• 1). Take two pieces of rope and overlap the two ends. The rope on the left will be referred to as rope A and the rope on the right as rope B. Rope A should be above rope B.
  
  
• 2). Take rope B and curl its head up so the far part of the line lays over-top of rope A. Similarly, take the end of rope A and curl it down so it lays over top of rope B so that its head is pointing down. So, the central portion of the two ropes should still be parallel, A should point down at the tip and B should point up.
  
  
• 3). Move the tip of rope A down and behind the strands of both ropes. The end should point up, and be behind A and B.
  
  
• 4). Pull the end of rope A so that the loop you have formed tightens. You should have a moderately snug loop of rope A around rope B.
  
  
• 5). Bring the tip of rope A back to the left so that it is closer to center than the loop that you just formed. Then, slide it under the double strand of rope again like you did previously. The loop should be to the right of the tip of Rope A, which should point up and lay under both strands.
  
  
• 6). Thread the tip of the rope through the two loops that you should have lying underneath rope B. Start in the center loop and move the end of the rope from left to right. The most recent loop should be the one you just made by passing the rope up again. Pull the knot tight. You should now have Rope A tied to Rope B, but rope B will not yet be tied to A.
  
  
• 7). Finish the knot by replicating the exact same process with the directions reversed. So, use rope B to form a loop around A, then a second loop toward the center and then pull the end through the two loops beneath the central part of the rope.
  
  
• 8). Snug the knots together so they touch each other. They work together to prevent either rope from slipping out of its knot.