Moku Hitching Covering Knot Similar to French Hitching or French Whipping How to Tie

[@Essex121514]

This is going to be the wrapping for my new walking stick. Thank you for the tutorial.

[@KnottingKnots]

It certainly does make a good handle for a walking stick. I find that also adding a Turks Head at the top and bottom is a nice touch and also covers your messy ends.

[@farqitol]

Great! I have used this for a steering wheel cover in my team colours. Turks head at either end! While doing it and re watching your great vid, an idea came to me. If you did this instruction with two colours, it might be easier for some to follow. Just a suggestion. Cheers mate.

[@equesdeventusoccasus]

First, let me say that I love your videos. Your explanations of the knotwork are easy to understand and you always keep the workspace visible. That being said, on this video it's quite difficult to see your work on a phone screen. Could you please remake this video with the camera zoomed in on the work?

[@KnottingKnots]

Hello, many thanks for your comment. I can confirm that I am in the process of updating many of the videos, for more modern times 😉 😉 😉

[@johnc6809]

Great video as ALWAYS John. Love your stuff. As I remember reading in Brion Toss' book, he named this hitch after the vessel he first saw it on. It was a river freighter on the Sacramento River, and she was called 'MOKU'.

[@KnottingKnots]

Aha, you learn something new every day. I have that book but only refer to it occasionally. I personally wondered why one way was French hitching and both ways the Moku. Thanks for that.

[@KnottingKnots]

Forgot to ask, is that your beard in the profile pic?

[@johnc6809]

Well its Gandalf's real beard, however I didn't' grow it.

[@KnottingKnots]

Oh, good, I was starting to get a bit of beard envy!!

[@richardnash1373]

Great to catch up with this version of "French Hitching", JD. The name MOKU HITCHING I've come to understand is taken from Brion Toss, in his book - Complete Rigger'sApprentice. He discovered the decorative knot on a Sacramento River sugar hauler of that name. he was not able to get to the origins of the fancy work so settled on naming it from the name of the vessel. Happy Knotting JD.

[@martinjohnson4405]

One of the translations I found for "moku" is from Hawaiian and it means "ship" or "vessel." The other translation comes from Japanese where 木 (muku) means wood, as in 木魚 (moku gyo) which is a wooden fish used as a rhythm instrument in Zen Buddhist temples used during chanting services.

[@yapkh8]

What's the name of the rope or string you are using?

[@KnottingKnots]

Sorry for the late reply, I had to search my stock of rope to see if it was still on the reel. On the label it says: "Savage Island, Para Cord, 3mm" I would say though that even though it does say Para Cord, it is not the same as normal Paracord as I know it. The outer core is braided over an inner core, but then inner core does not seem to have strands like normal Paracord. Thanks for taking the time to view and also make a comment, very much appreciated.

Muito bom!

[@KnottingKnots]

Obrigado por reservar um tempo para visualizar e também fazer um comentário, muito apreciado.

[@kahn04]

Does this work for a bottle wrap?

[@KnottingKnots]

I would say that it could, but more often than not a bottle is wrapped using Continuous Half Hitching: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqeop316gtKGe6c or Rib Hitching: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6rHdadjrcSWm9k You may also want to look into grafting, as this too can be used to wrap a bottle. Thanks for taking the time to view and also make a comment, very much appreciated.

[@racheldriscoll2101]

I keep getting tripped up at the crossing. I don't know what to do with the other cord as I'm making the knot with one. Do i make the knot on top of the other cord? Or do I pull that cord out of the way somehow?

[@dannychild5851]

Hi, great explanation, will try this out soon. By the way, if you started at the mid-point of a single piece of cord, with a knot like a clove hitch, presumably you could then start without having loose standing ends?

[@KnottingKnots]

I guess that you may be right in what you say? I personally do not mind loose ends too much as the Turks Head is a great knot for covering up all my knotting sins!

[@richardnash1373]

Forgive me, JD and John C. I 've just seen the input by John C. of 4yrs ago, which relates the same source of information.

[@seajaycecil]

GET THE CAMERA CLOSER TO YOUR WORK PLEASE. I'M NEW AT THIS AND I NEED ALL THE HELP AND SIMPLICITY YOU HAVE. (p.s..... get someone Scottish to talk pls. I love to hear them talk. I have been to Scotland, Glasgow, Greenock, and more. Beautiful people, Beautiful language, Beautiful music, damn good Scotch Been there Done that) LOL. nuff said..... Seajay sailor man

[@KnottingKnots]

This video was done a while ago, I would like to think that I am more recently getting in closer to the work? If you want in future videos I could do an introduction with bag pipes?