Page 106 - Peter Randall - The Craft of the Knot

Thanks to the properties of the Crossing Knot (a knot made by one rope around

another at the point where it crosses it, then continuing past it), you should have no
problem lifting up the bundle by pulling on the knotted rope.

SLIPPED AND DOUBLE SLIPPED REEF KNOTS

Here are two other variations on tying a Reef Knot.

STEP 1 To make a Slipped Reef Knot, start by tying the Reef Knot (see Chapter 6), but
tuck one of the ends with a bight.

STEP 2 To make a Double Slipped Reef Knot, tie the second Half Knot with bights at
both ends.

The Reef Knot is commonly slipped for ease of untying or for decoration. The Double
Slipped Reef is commonly used to tie shoes and is tied with ribbon around packages to

accentuate the decorative bows.