How to Tie a Knot in a Yo-Yo

Slip Knot

• 1

  Unwind the yo-yo and set it on the floor near your feet. The string should reach your belly button. If it doesn't, you need a longer string. If it's longer, cut it so it's even with the bottom of your sternum.

• 2

  Tie a loop in the end of the string, so that the top of the loop is even with your belly button.

• 3

  Grab the string 4 inches below the loop and pull it up through the loop to form a slipknot. Slide your middle finger into the slipknot and pull the string toward the yo-yo. This tightens the slipknot around your finger and keeps the yo-yo string from falling off.

Double Twist Knot

• 4

  Remove the string from the yo-yo and hold the loop open.

• 5

  Loop the string around the yo-yo's axle. Keep the loop open.

• 6

  Twist the string above the yo-yo, so that the loop becomes two loops. One is around the axle and the other is above it. Pass the loop over the yo-yo so two loops surround the axle. Keep the loop open. This step is like wrapping a rubber band around a deck of cards, according to How to Yo-Yo.com.

• 7

  Twist the open loop once more and loop it around the axle to form the double twist knot.