Handy knot for rolled items like tarps, tents, blankets etc

[Nice65]

It’s possible some of us already use this, but it’s new to me. For years I’ve been tying a loop in one end of a cord and going around my sleeping bag/tarp roll or whatever and back through the loop to cinch it up and then put a half hitch in.

This is much better, and great for wet tarps. Larkshead, one end through one way, the other the other way, cinch up the larkshead, pull tight.