Alpine Butterfly

A mid-line eye that can take load in three directions.

• !Twists not nested — the eye distorts under side load
• !Tied as an overhand on a bight, which will not take three-way load
• !Eye sized after it was already loaded

• !The lifted turn was laid over the other turns but not tucked under them, so it slides straight out as the knot comes off the hand.
• !The turns separated while sliding off the hand and the tuck came out of place, leaving loose coils instead of a knot.
• !It was set on only the loop or only the standing parts, so it sits twisted and can change shape under its first real load.

• Wrong wrap order

  Body inverts into a slip loop

  Fingertip turn must wrap around the other two before it leaves the hand · step 02

• Twisted body never loaded on all three parts

  One standing part slips through under load

  Dress by pulling the loop and both standings · step 04

• Used as an end-loop

  Wrong job — a bowline or figure-8 would untie easier

  This is a mid-line loop, not an end-eye · step 01

• Loop distorts or one standing part slips through

  Check

  • ?Square body
  • ?Loop standing perpendicular
  • ?Both standings leaving opposite sides

  Then

  • →Untie and retie the hand wraps
  • →Load all three parts to dress

• Wrong wrap order

  Check

  • ?Body inverts into a slip loop
  • ?Inspect step 02

  Then

  • →Retie. Do not dress a defective structure and call it seated.

• Twisted body never loaded on all three parts

  Check

  • ?One standing part slips through under load
  • ?Inspect step 04

  Then

  • →Retie. Do not dress a defective structure and call it seated.

• Used as an end-loop

  Check

  • ?Wrong job — a bowline or figure-8 would untie easier
  • ?Inspect step 01

  Then

  • →Retie. Do not dress a defective structure and call it seated.