Alpine Butterfly Right Handed

Alpine Butterfly

Warning: All of these knots should be learnt in the presence of an instructor, these pages are ment as a guide only.

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1. Coil the rope around the palm of your hand 3 times, starting from the right and moving to the left (see Picture sequence 1).

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Picture Sequence 1

2. Take the left most coil and move it over the other coils to the far right (picture sequence 2).

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Move the left coil so it looks like the below picture

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Picture Sequence 2

3. Repeat step 2.

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Move the left coil again so it looks like the below picture

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4. Take the right most coil and take it under the other 2 coils so a loop is formed on the left (see Picture 4).

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Move the right coil so a loop is formed like the below picture

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5. Pull the loop and the tails away from each other (see picture 5).

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6. Pull the tails away from each other (see picture 6).

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7. Your knot should look like the below picture.

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