hi this is Leanne today I'm going to show you how to make a bola I love bowling because it's very simple to tie and it's more simple to untie and those are the components of a good knot now a bowline is a fixed loop knot so what I do is I create a hook and I take my finger and I place it at the top of the hook this is called the working end and I slide it across now when I get here I'm going to create a loop now what a pinch it like this and then I'm going to pretend like I'm turning a car key and that's what creates the loop just keep in mind it's like you're turning a car key turn the car on so I've got my loop and I've got my working in here now I'm gonna fish this working in through the bottom of the loop this is how I do it but hold it and fish it up underneath now I'm going to take it and I'm going to wrap the end of the rope around the backside now I'm going to take this working end and I'm going to go back down through the loop and I'm going to pull from underneath here and I'm gonna grab the working end in this piece of rope here and hold it and then gonna go to what's called the standing and that's what this is and I'm gonna pull and that's how you tie a bowline you