An Arbor Knot Trick

This week I was putting some cool orange backing onto one of my reels. After tying the arbor knot I was a little frustrated that the backing wouldn’t just wind onto the reel as I wound the handle.

I had to hold the backing against the arbor until it had made a couple of wraps around itself so it wouldn’t keep slipping. I tried the knot again, but this time I wrapped the backing around the arbor twice before tying the knot. This did the trick. I was able to wind the reel and the backing did not slip.