Page 45 - Des Pawson "Pocket Guide to Knots & Splices"

Pocket Guide to Knots & Splices

1 Holding the standing part of the rope in

one hand, wrap the working part of the
rope round the fingers.
2 Make four or five more turns, working

round back down the fingers.
3 Take out your fingers leaving a sort of
tunnel.

4 Tuck the working end through the tunnel
formed by the fingers.
5 Pull tight ensuring that the turns of the

knot sit neatly together, working out any
slack in the knot.

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