# Spanish Bowline via the Hemp Pretzel
**URL:** https://discourse.igkt.net/t/spanish-bowline-via-the-hemp-pretzel/3554
**Category:** Practical Knots
**Created:** [25 February 2010 22:29 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/spanish-bowline-via-the-hemp-pretzel/3554 "2010-02-25T22:29:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@JimK](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/JimK)
#### Post date: [25 February 2010 22:29 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/spanish-bowline-via-the-hemp-pretzel/3554/1 "2010-02-25T22:29:13Z")
I found the Spanish bowline to be easily tied via the hemp pretzel
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUlAFKLNy3g](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUlAFKLNy3g)
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### Author:  [@sharky](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/sharky)
#### Post date: [27 February 2010 10:43 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/spanish-bowline-via-the-hemp-pretzel/3554/2 "2010-02-27T10:43:56Z")
Hey, thanks for the post ;D
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### Author:  [@SpitfireTriple](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/SpitfireTriple)
#### Post date: [10 March 2010 21:21 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/spanish-bowline-via-the-hemp-pretzel/3554/3 "2010-03-10T21:21:39Z")
+1
Not sure yet whether I prefer this over the conventional method. I need to practise your techniques until the process feels more natural and I speed up. Good stuff though.
Then there’s your Blakes Hitch video. That’s a new knot to me, though I can see it resembles a Prusik. I daresay it will have a similar function. I’ll look it up. I am going to be be busy the next few days!
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### Author:  [@JimK](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/JimK)
#### Post date: [15 March 2010 22:06 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/spanish-bowline-via-the-hemp-pretzel/3554/4 "2010-03-15T22:06:37Z")
Spitfire,
The Blake’s hitch is an arborist knot that’s very stable for use in tree climbing. In this application, the rope goes up from the Blake’s hitch, over a limb and finally terminates at the climber’s harness. As the climber moves up, the Blake’s hitch is advanced, and progress is captured. The entire system is a loop that becomes smaller as the climber ascends. Like the Prusik, it’s a friction hitch.