Page 30 - Mario Bigon "The Morrow Guide to Knots"

The figure-eight knot is the most
twists turning the wrist upwards (1,
important stopper knot used by 2). Then pass the end through the
sailors. It is used on the running eye of the bight to produce
rigging whenever the lines do not immediately a figure-eight-shaped
end in wall knots. knot (3, 4). Ilthis does not occur it
is because the twists are not correct.
Method The knot is drawn taut by pulling
Make a bight near the end of a rope both ends at the same time.
without twisting it in any way (1).
Holding the rope securely with the
left hand. take the tip 01 the bight in
the right hand and make two half