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Thus, we have expanded the bights from and so on in pairs of expansions. These expansions
a 4L3B to a 4L7B by adding one twist to our and their original starts are shown later in a table.
starting Overhand Knot. Incidentally, if you tie Then, from what we have discussed earlier, by
your Overhand Knot left-handed, you end up with ‘laddering’ the 4L7B, we get a 6L11B, increasing the
a mirror image of the right-handed version. Try it number of bights by four and leads by two.
out! If you want to expand the number of bights on a Five-Lead TH Knot expansions are a little
4L5B to a 4L9B, start as above with two Overhand different than either the Three-Lead or Four-Lead
Knot tucks instead of one (Start D is a One-Tuck TH Knots. The 5L4B will expand by laying down a
Overhand Knot), and then pass to the left instead of ‘ladder’, first to the right of the standing part, then
passing on the right like the one above. Then follow crossing over it to the left and passing through on
the same procedure as above in terms of tucking the left of the standing part, right to left, to form a
up and tucking down into the ‘mouth’ of the knot. second ‘ladder’. This expansion then forms a Seven-
Therefore the start for the 4L11B is the 4L7B (three Lead, Six-Bight TH Knot. Expanding this 7L6B by
tucks instead of one or two) and for the 4L13B it is the same ‘laddering’ process will give you a 9L8B
the 4L9B (again three tucks instead of one or two), TH Knot.

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2 X d c d c d c d c d c d c
3 X a B a B a B a B a B a B a B a B
4 X c d c d c d c d c d c d
5 X X X a B X X a B X X a B X X a B X X a
6 X c d c d c d c d
7 X X X X X a B X X X X a B X X X X a B X X X
8 X X X c d X X c d X X c d
9 X X X X X a B X X X X a B X X X X
10 X X X c d X X c d X
11 X X X X X X X X X a B X X X X X X X X a B X X
12 X X X c d X X c d
13 X X X X X X X X X X X a B X X X X X X X X X X a
14 X X X X X c d X X X X
15 X X X X X X X a B X X X X
16 X X X X X X X c d X X X X
17 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X a B X X X X X X X
18 X X X X X c d X X
19 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X a B X X X X X
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21 X X X X X X X X X X X a B X X
22 X X X X X X X X X c d X
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