How to join two ropes together

HOW TO:  JOIN TWO ROPES TOGETHER

One of the the first things new riggers learn is how to join together two ropes.  The method which is most commonly used is mostly referred to within Shibari as a lark’s head - but is actually a girth hitch. The two are easily confused with each other because the finished knot looks the same, the difference between the two is that the lark’s head is tied when one end of the rope is already tied to a fixed point.