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A water bottle carrier is a useful gift for almost anyone.

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The completed fisherman’s knot (also known as the true-lover’s knot) shown
on the right.

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How to tie the fisherman’s knot.
fisherman’s
knot
halfway (after you finish step 2),
you can easily adjust the size. lark’s head knot/
cow hitch
Cut four 10-foot pieces of the
#60 cotton seine twine. Middle
them (fold them in half) and tie
them to the circle, evenly spaced,
with a lark’s head knot/cow hitch
(see Chapter 2 to learn how to tie a
lark’s head knot).
Move out a bit and tie a carrick carrick bend
bend in each of the four pairs of
twine created by the lark’s head Lark’s head knots and carrick bends added to the original circle of twine on the
knot (see diagram). base of the water bottle that was tied with the fisherman’s knot.