Tieing the Reminder Knot
Hanging from the bottom of the scroll on the Second Class Scout rank badge and First Class Scout rank badge is a knot. The purpose of the knot is to remind a scout to do a Good Turn Daily, similarly to a person tieing a string around their finger to remember something. Here is how to tie it.
The knot is an overhand knot tied on a bight. These images should help explain how it can be tied.
- Tie a simple overhand knot in the bight of rope. Leave the knot loose.
- Put the bight through the ring on which it will hang.
- Pull the bight through the loose overhand knot.
- Cinch the knot tight.
This is not a common scouting knot and has few uses, but now you can impress your scouting friends by tieing it.
Practice it until you can do it well and use a fairly short piece of rope so the ends stay short and it looks like a small loop.