Page 16 - Gibson W.B. "The complete guide to knots"

8
Overhand Knot

Form a loop by crossing the end
over the standing part of the rope.
Draw the end upward through the
loop thus formed. This makes a solid
knot when drawn tight, the sort that
may be used to prevent the end of a
rope from unraveling.
Note that if you start with an
overhand loop, you bring the end up
through to complete the knot; with
B
an underhand loop you push the end
down through the loop to form the
OVERHAND LOOP
knot.

OVERHAND KNOTS

Double or Triple Overhand

Simply continue the ordinary
Overhand Knot by bringing the end
over the loop, then push it through,
as many times as desired. Done twice,
it gives you a double knot; three
times, a triple; four times, a
quadruple; and so on, however far
you want to go. Tightened, this
becomes a very solid knot.