Tie a Noose

A noose can be used as a scary yard decoration during Halloween or to improve your fishing or boating experience. If you're using the noose for decoration, know the law before proceeding—some states consider displaying a noose to be threatening and have made it illegal. Do not tie a noose around your neck in any circumstances, even if it's a joke. If you want to know how to make a noose, follow these steps.

If you're considering tying a noose because you're having suicidal thoughts and need immediate help coping, please call emergency services such as 911 or 999 or a suicide hotline:

  • In the United States: call 1-800-273-TALK, the National Suicide Prevention Hotline[1]
  • In the United Kingdom: call 08457 90 90 90, the Samaritans helpline[2] or 0800 068 41 41, the HOPELineUK
  • The International Association for Suicide Prevention has a directory of international suicide prevention hotlines here, and so does Befrienders Worldwide here.

Steps

  1. Place the rope on a flat surface in the shape of the letter "C." Find a durable rope that is at least three feet long.
  2. Form an "S" shape with the rope. Leave the lead of the rope (the bottom part of the "S") long so that you can tie it to something when you've made the noose.
  3. Compress the "S" shape. Compress the "S" shape until all three rows of rope are nearly on top of each other, with only a few inches in between them.
  4. Pinch the three lines of rope together in the middle. Pinch them tightly until the ends fan out to create a bow-tie effect.
  5. Take the top of the original "C" and wrap it around the pinched space. Wrap it from the right side to the left, leaving about three to four inches of the rope unwrapped. You should be left with a loop and a string on the left end, and just a loop on the right end of the "bow tie."
  6. Poke the end of the rope through the top of the loop left by the "S".
  7. Pinch the coiled part of the rope. Use your thumb to hold down the short piece of rope that you just worked through the loop on the left-hand side so it bends over the loop.
  8. Pull the loop on the right-hand side of the bow until it closes the loop on the left. If this part of the loop begins to pull on the free rope instead of the loop, pull on the other side of the bow.
  9. Adjust the noose. Adjust the noose until the coils look nice and tight and the loop is the size you wanted.
  10. Use the noose wisely. Don't use it on yourself or others—not even as a joke. Use the noose for a Halloween decoration, or when you're fishing or boating.



Tips

  • 13 turns is commonly thought to be the proper amount of turns. However, according to the "Ashley's book of knots" by Clifford Ashley, the definitive work on the subject, eight turns is the "preponderance of authority."
  • If you pull down on the coil with nothing in the loop of the noose, it will completely pull itself out, effectively leaving a knot-free rope.
  • If you don't have a long enough rope or string, tie something that is also long such as a cord or wire to the remaining part of the noose.

Warnings

  • In some countries, a noose is seen as a lethal weapon and you may be arrested for having one in your possession.
  • Use of a noose in the hanging of effigies (dolls resembling humans or living people, esp. those currently in political positions or current controversies) may be charged as a crime in some countries, and can be considered a threat by some police forces. Use something that is clearly not a real person.
  • If you're having suicidal thoughts, stop and get help. If you need immediate help coping, please call emergency services such as 911 or 999 or a suicide hotline:
    • In the United States: call 1-800-273-TALK, the National Suicide Prevention Hotline[3]
    • In the United Kingdom: call 08457 90 90 90, the Samaritans helpline[2] or 0800 068 41 41, the HOPELineUK
    • The International Association for Suicide Prevention has a directory of international suicide prevention hotlines here, and so does Befrienders Worldwide here.
    • How to Cope With Suicidal Thoughts has some advice for moments of crisis.
  • NEVER use this on yourself, another person, or animals!
  • If you want to know how to tie a noose because you're considering suicide, seek help immediately.
  • Don't put the noose around your neck.

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help-you/contact-us
  3. ↑ http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
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