# Stop your slip knot from slipping on slippery string **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [March 19, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-your-slip-knot-from-slipping-on-slippery-string/64732 "2014-03-19T01:45:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-your-slip-knot-from-slipping-on-slippery-string/64732/9 "2014-03-19T03:12:15Z")
Seriously, I can’t even use cotton strings without feeling like they’re going to fly off. I think my fingers are too tapered at that end, with the last knuckle not having enough of a “bump” for comfort. I mean… COTTON strings for crying out loud! I have grown accustomed to using a finch head knot, and I’m uneasy any time I use a regular slipknot these days. Here’s a video of two methods. It’s not as clear as I meant it to be, but if you try it out instead of just rewinding the video a bunch of times, you should get the idea of how to tie it right away. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/c/0/ac082b03b9949bc83d83e6ff440801f84a2e903c.jpeg "Slick String Yoyo Slipknots") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSKKgrvcPgw) (non-embedded: [http://youtu.be/cSKKgrvcPgw](http://youtu.be/cSKKgrvcPgw)) It IS tighter, it does NOT give you any slack, and it IS less comfortable. Especially until your fingers toughen up a bit, you probably want to wiggle it loose every now and then or give your fingers a break. Don’t let them turn purple and explodez blood vessels or anything. :wink: But once you get used to it, it’s tough to go to a slippy, flippy-aroundy slipknot. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-your-slip-knot-from-slipping-on-slippery-string/64732)._