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Trap the Knot

A neat puzzle with a two-foot
length of rope.
Tie a single overhand knot (fig. 1).
Then tie the ends in a tight square
knot (fig. 2), trapping the single knot
in the center. The trick is to remove
the single knot without untying the
ends (fig. 3).
The method: Turn your back and
pull the sides of the lower loop out-
ward. This forces the "trapped" sin-
gle knot up into the square knot,
where it remain hidden when you
show the big loop.
fig. 1

fig. 2

fig- 3