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                  5        East goes under, over, under, over and then   7     All cords that were hanging down are now

                           above, while west goes over east, then under,
                           over, under, over and tucks below east to the
                           right. This now leaves us with all eight cords      walled up by their respective partners, ready to
                                                                               cross the top again for the final doubling.
                           hanging down.





















                  6        Next we double up the wall on the side with   8     Here is the top immediately prior to fairing the


                           each of the eight cords, shown here with a pink
                                                                               knot by tightening the cords in turn.
                           alongside the blue for clarity of the doubling.




                   The pattern for the Little Lump Knot seems to be   wise around the top of the knot. They could equally
                   the greatest problem. Review it in the drawings    all be anti-clockwise exits.
                   below, which may be enlarged and then followed.       After exiting across the top, the strands are
                   The overall pattern is to find the centre-crossing   then doubled to follow down the hanging Wall
                   arcs and make those first. Outside of those arcs will   Knot and up the Crown Knot, then doubled again
                   then be the outer arcs. The pattern across the top   across the top. Finish by tucking the ends inside the
                   has arcs that cross to the other side, exiting in a   outer Footrope Knot finish. Here are some more
                   consistent direction. With the notable exception of   explanatory photographs of the finished eight-
                   the twelve-strand, all patterns shown here are clock-  strand LLK, and then some others to show how to
                   wise exits, which means that the tails point clock-  make the ten-strand LLK.
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