Which Way Should You Twist an Alpine Butterfly Knot?

When using the "twist method" to tie an Alpine Butterfly Loop, we demonstrate that the way you make the second twist will affect the correctness of the resulting knot!
We made the mistake of twisting in the wrong direction in our original Alpine Butterfly video: • Alpine Butterfly Knot:...
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[@kanamasai5194]

Thanks for placing the clarification of "twist method" on the Alpine butterfly.
I happen to be checking the Alpine butterfly ( from viewing other YT videos) and I believe that it (the alternative twist; your 1st video ) may be called
- False Butterfly Knot
- the Cavers Butterfly
- Half Hitch Butterfly
Yes, I would be interested to see a strength test comparison.
Well done anyways.
I'm always humbled to see how a little variation in twist will provide an alternative knot.
Thanks.

[@GTJay]

Learning here: I had a question about whether or not direction matters and went looking for it in the comments then bam, i saw this. It was really cool that you put this up. Thank you.

[@MissyGail4eva]

Caught one of your shorts, instantly popped over to your channel..love the efficient simplicity..made me a subscriber.

[@brettmcconochie]

I've edited my previous posts to include links to pertinent clips.
Sorry for any confusion.
Cheers,
Brett

[@stephanddd]

Thanks for making this video, very interesting. The weakness of the alpine butterfly, in general, is that the loop can "migrate" on the line. An easy test of resilience would be to tie a carabiner in the loop, and pull it in either direction, and see what happens. If tied the wrong way, the carabiner will slide down the line relatively easily in one of the directions.

[@brettmcconochie]

I didn't make the video. I sent the link as you were wondering about certain tests. They perform the "carabiner in the loop" test here ua-cam.com/users/clipUgkxHeiioaGM3cznmvJaw_i3py62QNjPa4-Y
Even without the video it's easy to perform the "carabiner in the loop" tests yourself. Try pulling the false butterfly's loop and each leg in turn. In either case you will see that the unlinked knot parts remain stable. Only when the knot is loaded "end to end only" does the knot become unstable and the unlinked parts begin to separate.