Page 53 - Des Pawson "Pocket Guide to Knots & Splices"

Pocket Guide to Knots & Splices

1 Make a crossing turn with the working
end passing under the standing part of
the rope. Make a bight in the standing

part.
2 Tuck the bight formed in the standing part
up through the loop.

3 Tighten a little and take the working part
in a counterclockwise direction round the
standing part.

4 Tuck the working end through the bight,
ensuring that the working part fits snugly
into the crossing part of the original
overhand knot. Work all slack out to form

a neat tight knot.
5 The finished knot.

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