How to Tie a Walker Knot

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The most difficult of ending knots and one which you should certainly learn is the "Matthew Walker", also known as the "Stopper Knot."

Walker Knot illustration

Learn how to tie a Walker Knot.

Walker Knot tying illustration

Pass one strand around the standing part of the rope and through its own bight.
Then pass B underneath and through bight of A and through its own bight also.
Next pass C underneath and around and through the bights of A, B, and its own bight.
Carefully hauling the ends around and working the bight taut a little at a time.