# How to tie a loop on the end of a yoyo string

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [March 22, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-tie-a-loop-on-the-end-of-a-yoyo-string/73569 "2015-03-22T21:12:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![cherabum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@cherabum](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cherabum)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-tie-a-loop-on-the-end-of-a-yoyo-string/73569/1 "2015-03-22T21:12:10Z")

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I cut my yoyo string to belly-button height, What loop do I tie and how?

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**Author:** ![xmotoby](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/xmotoby/32/1246_2.png) [@xmotoby](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xmotoby)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-tie-a-loop-on-the-end-of-a-yoyo-string/73569/2 "2015-03-22T23:33:01Z")

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A bowline works for me. Should be instructions somewhere on the internet

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-tie-a-loop-on-the-end-of-a-yoyo-string/73569/3 "2015-03-23T17:56:02Z")

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A simple overhand loop will do just fine.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/a/d/9ad0ee26039b4d165423d25c7d3a53f5e164cc88.jpeg "How To: Tie Proper YoYo Knot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9oWwh8gPY8)

This has been added to [Useful modification and maintenance guides - Clean, repair, tune, fix yoyos](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,17792.0.html) above.

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**Author:** ![smarino2001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@smarino2001](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smarino2001)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-tie-a-loop-on-the-end-of-a-yoyo-string/73569/4 "2022-01-30T21:55:00Z")

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The proper way to tie a yoyo knot is to use the overhand knot and then to insert the string through the loop and form a slip-loop. While it is called a slip-knot, it is not actually one. What would happen if I just tie an ACTUAL slip-knot on the end with an overhand securing knot? My early Duncan yoyos came with actual slip-knots at one end. The ‘proper’ slip-loop method is universally accepted and I wonder if there is a reason for it.