A knot created by making a loop with a bight of rope, adding an additional twist, then feeding the end of the bight through the loop.

Appropriate Uses

• Master point in anchors.
• Knots in the end of rope
• Anchor construction

These are the steps for the figure 8 on a bite:

-Make a bite of rope

-take the closed end of the bite and wrap set it over itself, making a loop

-wrap the closed end of the bite behind the loop

-push the closed end of the bite through the front of the loop