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5 Bring what is now the lower-right cord anti- 6 again, take the cord that exits the upper left

of your hand anti-clockwise around your palm,
clockwise around your palm, over the top of
the upper cord that passes around your index
and into the diamond alongside the first end.
finger (look carefully at the photograph at the over the lower cord and to its right, then up
tip of the left index finger) and to its left, then
pass it up under and through the diamond-
shaped hole in the middle of the Carrick Bend,
as shown here.

7 Gently pull both cord ends while holding firmly

to the cord that was over the back of your
hand from stage 1, and shape the knot
gradually, shown here in progress (the two
overhand knots are there from a different Here is the finished Bo’sun’s
exercise). Lanyard Knot. It forms a very
handy loop in the middle of a
cord, perhaps ready for some
sinnet work or for attachment to
another object.