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one-pass spanish ring knot

9 rotate the tube as shown and bring the

working end across the knot, from left to right.
7 this is the same knot as in stage 6 above, only

in a different cord. pass the working end from
left to right below the standing part as shown
here.

2 Bring the outer right-hand pair of cords, in this

case a pair of red cords, around behind, under
the left outer blue pair, over the next pair,
under the next pair, and over the last blue pair Cross the working end under one and over
to return to the right-hand side. 10 two from right to left (working end under
left index fingertip).

8 Move the entire working-end cord up and over

the standing part, so that the working end is
3 Bring the outer left-hand pair of blue cords
now to the left of the standing part.
around behind, under the outer right pair
of red cords and then over, under, over, and
return to the lower edge of the left-hand sets.
note that the outer red pair we started with is
11 now we are close to the
now covered by this blue pair.
final turn around the knot.
Cross once again from left
to right, under one and
over two.