Figure - eight loop - Wikipedia Figure - eight loop This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2013 ) Figure - eight loop Names Figure - eight loop, Flemish loop Category Loop Related figure - eight knot, flemish bend, Figure - of - nine loop, spider hitch Releasing Jamming Typical use climbing, caving Caveat jams ABoK # 1047 Instructions ( 1 ) A figure - eight loop ( also figure - eight on a bight or Flemish loop or Flemish eight ) is a type of knot created by a loop on the bight. It is used in climbing and caving where rope strains are light to moderate and for decorative purposes. The knot is commonly followed by tying a strangle knot ( a.k.a. half a double fisherman 's knot ) or an overhand knot around the standing end. The Flemish loop or figure - eight loop is perhaps stronger than the loop knot. Neither of these knots is used at sea, as they are hard to untie. In hooking a tackle to any of the loops, if the loop is long enough it is better to arrange the rope as a cat 's paw. -- The Ashley Book of Knots The double figure eight is used to put a loop in the end of a rope, or around an object. It is relatively easy to tie and is secure, but can become difficult to untie after heavy loading, and can jam badly in any rope type. Contents 1 Tying methods 1.1 Traditional 1.2 Follow through 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Tying methods Traditional A figure - of - eight loop tied using the follow - through method. A figure - eight loop is created by doubling the rope into a bight, then tying the standard figure - eight knot. Follow through Alternatively, to tie the knot directly around an object, the follow through method must be used. Tie a regular figure eight knot with a significant amount of extra tail. Loop the tail around the object. Thread the tail back through the figure eight to create a normal looking figure eight on a bight. See also List of knots References Jump up ^ Mountaineering : Freedom of the Hills, 8th ed., p. 141 Jump up ^ Ashley, Clifford W. ( 1944 ). The Ashley Book of Knots, p. 190. Doubleday. ISBN 0 - 385 - 04025 - 3. External links Grog. `` Figure Eight Follow Through ''. Animated Knots. Retrieved April 2013. Check date values in : access - date = ( help ) Photographs showing how to tie the figure of 8 loop knot http://notableknotindex.webs.com/figure8loop.html Knots Bight Loop Turn List of knots List of knot terminology By type Bends Adjustable Albright special Ashley 's Alpine butterfly Basket weave Beer Blood Carrick Double fisherman 's Fisherman 's Flemish Grief Halyard Harness Heaving line Hunter 's Nail One - sided overhand Racking Sheet Shoelace Shroud Simple Simon under Single carrick Surgeon 's Surgeon 's loop Triple fisherman 's True lover 's Water Zeppelin Binding Boa Bottle sling Constrictor Corned beef Granny Ground - line hitch Jamming Miller 's Packer 's Reef Strangle Thief Transom Climbing Autoblock Bachmann Beer Bowline on a bight Alpine butterfly Directional figure eight Double bowline Farmer 's loop Figure - eight Figure - eight loop Figure - of - nine loop Friction hitch Klemheist Munter hitch Overhand loop Prusik Trident loop Yosemite bowline Coils & shanks Chain sinnet Sheepshank Decorative Carrick mat Chinese button Celtic button Diamond Fiador Friendship Ghiordes & Senneh Matthew Walker Turk 's head Wall and crown Fishing ( angling ) Angler 's loop Arbor Bimini twist Blood Fisherman 's Improved clinch Knotless Nail Palomar Snell Trilene Triple fisherman 's Turle Uni Hitches Adjustable grip Anchor bend Axle Bachmann Bale sling Barrel Becket Blackwall Blake 's Boom Buntline Cat 's paw Clove Cow Distel Double overhand noose Falconer 's Farrimond friction Friction hitch Garda Ground - line Half Halter Highpoint Highwayman 's Hitching tie Icicle Improved clinch Killick Knute Lobster buoy Marlinespike Munter Ossel Pile Pipe Sailor 's Snuggle Swing Taut - line Timber Loop Angler 's Artillery loop Bale sling hitch Bowline Bumper Carrick bend loop Cossack Cowboy bowline Diamond Double bowline Dropper loop Eskimo bowline Fiador Fireman 's chair Friendship knot Halter hitch Handcuff Honda Jury mast Overhand Portuguese bowline Rigid double splayed loop in the bight Slippery eight Span Spanish bowline Tom fool 's Trident Triple bowline Triple crown Water bowline Yosemite bowline Zeppelin Running ( slip ) Hangman 's Running bowline Running highwayman 's hitch Tarbuck Splices & splicing Eye Fid Marlinspike Rat - tail Western Union Stopper Ashley 's stopper Button Double overhand Monkey 's fist Overhand Stevedore Whipping Common Overhand knot with draw - loop Portuguese Sailmaker 's West Country Lists of knots Related topics Lists of knots Bends Bindings Decorative knots Hitches ( friction ) Mathematical Related topics Chinese knotting Density History International Guild of Knot Tyers Macramé Mizuhiki Norigae Ropework Lashing Splicing Seizing Sennit Category WikiProject Commons This knot - related article is a stub. 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Question: what kind of loop does a figure eight on a bight create
Answer: Flemish loop