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6 Now we double the knot by making a complete 7b Stage seven, seen from the side.

turn with each strand under and alongside the
first wall strand and staying below it to tuck
up as shown. East goes around the compass to
exit north, north goes around the compass to
exit west, and so on. Be careful not to mix the
strands. It may help you to number them so that
you do not tuck the same strand twice.

8 Here we have started tucking the south-facing

strand down into the space that exists on its
left side from the earlier crowned strand.

7a Here all the wall strands are doubled

and we have tightened up all strands a
little, to give a more spherical shape.

9 And here we see all four strands tucked down,

completing the doubling of the crowned
strands into the centre, where they are drawn
below the knot.