How to Tie a Noose

A noose can be used as a scary yard decoration during Halloween or to improve your fishing or boating experience. If you're using the noose for decoration, know the law before proceeding—some states consider displaying a noose to be threatening and have made it illegal. Do not tie a noose around your neck in any circumstances, even if it's a joke. If you want to know how to make a noose, follow these steps.

If you're considering tying a noose because you're having suicidal thoughts and need immediate help coping, please call emergency services such as 911 or 999 or a suicide hotline:

• In the United States: call 1-800-273-TALK, the National Suicide Prevention Hotline[1]
• In the United Kingdom: call 116 123, the Samaritans helpline[2] or 0800 068 41 41, the HOPELineUK
• The International Association for Suicide Prevention has a directory of international suicide prevention hotlines here, and so does Befrienders Worldwide here.

Steps

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   Place the rope on a flat surface in the shape of the letter "C." Find a durable rope that is at least three feet long.
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   Form an "S" shape with the rope. Leave the lead of the rope (the bottom part of the "S") long so that you can tie it to something when you've made the noose.
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   Compress the "S" shape. Compress the "S" shape until all three rows of rope are nearly on top of each other, with only a few inches in between them.
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   Pinch the three lines of rope together in the middle. Pinch them tightly until the ends fan out to create a bow-tie effect.
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   Take the top of the original "C" and wrap it around the pinched space. Wrap it from the right side to the left, leaving about three to four inches of the rope unwrapped. You should be left with a loop and a string on the left end, and just a loop on the right end of the "bow tie."
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   Poke the end of the rope through the top of the loop left by the "S".
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   Pinch the coiled part of the rope. Use your thumb to hold down the short piece of rope that you just worked through the loop on the left-hand side so it bends over the loop.
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   Pull the loop on the right-hand side of the bow until it closes the loop on the left. If this part of the loop begins to pull on the free rope instead of the loop, pull on the other side of the bow.
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   Adjust the noose. Adjust the noose until the coils look nice and tight and the loop is the size you wanted.
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    Use the noose wisely. Don't use it on yourself or others—not even as a joke. Use the noose for a Halloween decoration, or when you're fishing or boating.
    
    

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