Cow's Hitch - Lark's Head Knot tied 3 ways

The cow hitch, also called the lark's head, is a hitch knot used to attach a rope to an object. The cow hitch comprises a pair of half-hitches tied in opposing directions, as compared to the clove hitch in which the half-hitches are tied in the same direction. It has several variations and is known under a variety of names. It can be tied either with the end of the rope or with a bight.

It can also be used to attach dyneema loops to fixed points or rope to create attachment or fastening points.

The Cows Hitch or Larks head has the slight disadvantage that it will easily untie if load is only applied to one end of the tails, you can follow a couple of variations of the knot to make it secure if your use case dictates load will only be applied to one line. Finishing it with an additional loop to create the pedigree cow hitch or larks head. The tired variation points and additional loop in the knot to have the same result that you get from the pedigree version.

The team at bottom up boats recommend these knot to quickly join pulleys to fixed points or to create loops to hang gear form.

Our favourite use case for the larks head or cows hitch is as the finishing knot in our 10 second soft shackles. If you have not watch our video which demonstrates how to do this we highly recommend it.

   • 10 second Soft Shackles !!  

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