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figure 22.2

Then twist these two bights once or twice outwards against their standing parts (figure 22.1), and slip
the bights over the hook (figure 22.2).

Chain plait or drummer’s plait: begin with an overhand knot, except that the lower part should be a
bight, not an end (figure 23.1). Thereafter it is purely a matter of creating a bight through a bight
(figure 23.2); to finish the plait, reeve the end through the last bight (figure 23.3).