🔍 Key Concepts

• A half hitch is one simple turn around an object, with the working end passed under the standing part once • Two half hitches in a row around an object make the very common "two half hitches" knot • Look for whether the knot is just a single, simple securing turn rather than a complex bend or loop

💭 Think About

• For each labeled knot K, U, S, and H, ask yourself: does this show only one turn of the line around something, with the end tucked under the standing part just once? • Which of the four looks like it could be the building block of other knots (like two half hitches or a clove hitch) rather than a finished, more complex knot by itself? • Do any of the options clearly show two ends of different lines joined together? Those are bends, not half hitches, so you can eliminate them.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify that the correct picture shows only one working end forming the hitch around an object or standing part • Confirm that the rope makes one wrap and then passes under / around the standing part once, not twice • Make sure the candidate you pick is a hitch to an object, not a knot tying two separate lines together or a whipping on the end of a line