Abstract: A sling for moving loads is comprised of a coil having a multitude of substantially uniform, closed and juxtaposed loops. The loops are elongated to form a middle portion of two substantially parallel adjacent coil sections, and a pair of bight-shaped portions at opposite ends of the middle portion. Each coil section is comprised of a plurality of filamentary material strands which are spaced from each other. A plurality of windings are wound about strands in each of the coil sections so as to retain these coil sections in substantial parallelism adjacent each other during movement of a load. Each winding has a plurality of substantially annular turns which comprise a run located in the interspaces bounded by the strands.