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5 form a clockwise underhand loop then pass 7 Here the cord at lower left has completed the

over, under, over, under, and return over, under,
anti-clockwise pass around the upper arm and
over, under, then under, over to cross the loop.
the other end of the cord is making u, o, u, u,
o, u, o to complete the pass to top right of the
photograph.

6 Back to the anti-clockwise loop and move u, o,

u, o, then return u, o, u, o and o, u the loop,
returning across the loop o, u, o, o, u, o, u.
note the presence of two ‘X’s, one each side make the centre loop u, o, u, o, u, o, u to the
of the upper arm of the cross. finish the next 8 lower loop.
anti-clockwise pass around the upper arm, as
seen in the next stage.

9 now, u, o, o on the lower arm, returning up

through the centre with u, u, o, o the loop
to the ‘X’, and then complete the right arm of
the cross clockwise, crossing the shape in the
centre to the left arm, where we form another
centre bight, following the o, u passes as shown.
Be sure to follow the double pass under to
form the fourth ‘X’.