Page 21 - The New Encyclopedia of Knots

figure 11.2

Make a bight in one end of the rope and weave the second rope up through the bight from the back.
Continue around the back of the bight (figure 11.1), around the front and up between the standing part
of the first rope and its own first loop (figure 11.2). When you pull the knot tight, the two tails lie
together with the standing part of the first rope.

Bitter end, bare end or tag end : the end of the rope with which you are working (figure 12); see also
tail.

Blood bight: a loop knot favoured by anglers, which is no more than a simple stopper knot tied on the
bight and therefore very easy to tie. Double the end of the line, holding the standing part and the end in
your left hand. Form a loop, by bringing the end of this bight back, around and over itself, and hold

this between the thumb and forefinger of your left hand, with the standing parts. Now take two twists
in the loop, clockwise, to produce a 360 degree turn. This can be done most easily by placing your
right forefinger down into the head of the loop to keep it taut, and winding your finger in an imaginary
circle. Complete the knot by bringing the end of the bight from your left hand up through the eye of the

loop and hauling it tight.