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Dacron see polyester.

Decorative shamrock knot: looks the same both front and back, and despite looking decorative has
very little practical use.

figure 45.2

figure 45.3

Form a circle in the rope, with the two ends both coming towards you. Now take the two ends
together, up and away from you over the circle, to point to the top. Form a bight in the lower left side

of the circle, and pass this under the two ends to lie above the lower right-hand side of the circle.
Next, form a bight in the top left-hand side of the circle and pass it under the first bight. Then make a
bight in the top right-hand side of the circle, and pass it over the two ends and under the top left-hand