Hello - I know next to nothing about knots aside from how to tie my shoes and my tie
I'm going to attempt to hang a rope swing from a tree limb for my kids. I purchased a throw weight and line that I figured I use to get the rope around the limb I'm going to use. The question then becomes how do I go about tying the swing rope to the brach which is high up in the tree?
Good day tb582.
Firstly, what type of swing? A tire? A plank? Or just a knot/loop on the end for them to stand on?
Do you have a sufficient length of suitably sized rope to hold both ends once it is over the branch?
If so, then if you'd like a single line from which to suspend a tire, then tie a loop, say a Figure 8 in the end of one of lines in hand and then thread the other, unknotted, into the eye and pull the loop to the branch. It will be self tightening.
Make sure the rope is initially over the branch where you want it.
Then tie the tire, etc. to the hanging end.
Hope this helps.