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6 Pull most of the excess

side loop cord up
through the knots,
leaving a small-size loop
on each side.

4 note that the two cords in the last stage come take the upper crossing

out of the knot, one above the cord on the
right and one under the cord on the left. take
the cord on top and insert it on top of the first 7 parts, one in front and
one behind, and wrap
loop near the base, then pass it up under each them down by pushing
of the crossings of the overhand Knots, four or inverting the
crossings in all. repeat for the other cord, but crossing parts to the
start from underneath and then insert parallel bottom of the four
to the first cord as shown here. overhand Knots.

8 repeat the stage above

with the second
crossing pair of cords,
now become the top
pair. Bring this pair of
cords outside every-
thing and down to the
bottom of the set of
5 tighten each of the overhand Knots, bringing here, and then gently
four pairs, as shown

pull up on the cord
the excess cord into the two side loops.
ends exiting the top of
the knot. tighten each
cord in turn, following it
through the knot.