The snuggle hitch is a modification of the clove hitch, and is stronger and more secure. Owen K. Nuttall of the International Guild of Knot Tyers came up with this unique hitch, and it was first documented in the Guild's Knotting Matters magazine issue of January, 1987.[1]
Generally, hitches are used to attach a line to another rope or spar, pole, etc., and are usually temporary. Thus, they should be relatively easy to untie.
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^Geoffrey Budworth, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Knots (Guilford, CT: Thalimus, 2000), 100.
^Joseph A. MacDonald, Handbook of Rigging (New York : McGraw Hill, 2009), 201.
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