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6 – round behind to meet up with our start cord. 8 – continuing until the lead is doubled.

7 start to lay parallel ‘tracks’ following the original

lead and, staying always to one side (here we
stay to the right, but we could have stayed to
the left), follow the entire lead to double it… The Three-Lead, Four-Bight Turk’s Head, doubled.

Practise the above structure until you can do it
without thinking, if you are serious about ‘getting
it’. Remember the three most important words in
knot-tying: perseverance, patience, and practice.
Once you have this structure underneath your
fingers it’s time to try the 4L3B TH Knot, so that
you can see the difference between it and the last
one. Remember, this one will be different because it
has one more lead and one less bight.