# string slipping??????

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**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [February 24, 2015, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-slipping/72913 "2015-02-24T09:10:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lseda3984](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@Lseda3984](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lseda3984)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-slipping/72913/1 "2015-02-24T09:10:56Z")

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hey everybody just a quick question today while I was trying to learn skin the gerbil the string slipped off my finger and my throw went flying in the air thank god I caught before It hit something my question is do you yall guys have any tips for noob on how not to make the string slip of your finger

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**Author:** ![wishiwasayoyoexpert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a88e57/32.png) [@wishiwasayoyoexpert](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wishiwasayoyoexpert)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-slipping/72913/2 "2015-02-24T09:34:32Z")

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Make sure the double portion of the slipknot is facing you.

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**Author:** ![oops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/oops/32/683976_2.png) [@oops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/oops)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-slipping/72913/3 "2015-02-24T09:43:39Z")

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twist the slipknot a bunch of times before tightening it on your finger

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**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:** [February 24, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-slipping/72913/4 "2015-02-24T15:19:50Z")

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I have 3 techniques because the string-slipping is just a hideous issue for me. One is the “twisting” method Oops described. The other is to use a “Finch’s Head” knot, which is super-secure.

More recently I’ve taken to using Mason DeVriend’s “Safety Harness” (I’m sure he didn’t make up the technique, but rather the name). I don’t have a video or photo, but it goes like this:

Put the slipknot on your finger as usual. Hold the string coming from the finger and twist a small loop into it. Put the loop over the same finger as the slipknot. Tighten it all up. I usually keep the original slipknot and the new “loop” spaced apart, which also distributes the impact of the throw.