Knot to fasten a laundry bag

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Hi, new to the forum. I recently sewed myself a laundry bag and it has a channel for a drawstring. I’ve put a bit of parachord through the channel I made for it and I’m struggling to find a knot that I like to fasten it.

I’ve tried a taut-line hitch (ABOK 1855-57), but it leaves something to be desired. It leaves a long tail when the bag is drawn tight, which I could fix by bending the two ends of the rope together, but then that loop will have a “wrong side” to pull, which isn’t ideal. I also don’t like that I can’t pull on the loop to open the bag, which you could with those little plastic drawstring holders.

So if you have any suggestions for knots that are nice for making a drawstring, it’d be much appreciated.

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Hi fp.monkey and welcome.

While in the service we had laundry bags with a drawstring. What I did was to tie a large stopper knot on each end. Then when I drew the bag tight I would tie a slipped loop (slip knot) against the closure. I could use the loop as a handle as the two stopper knots would keep it securely closed and shorten the tails into something useful.

Just an idea..

SS

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Here’s a duffle bag knot that may be of interest:

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Hey thanks for the tips! This pouch knot inspired me to try a doubled-up taught line hitch, which did exactly what I wanted.