Page 48 - Gibson W.B. "The complete guide to knots"
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                                          That's one way of doing it, particu-
                                        larly if you want to add more loops in
                                        the same fashion. But if you want to
                                        wind up with a Triple Lark's Head
                                        and no more, you can vary it thus:
                                        Take each end of the rope up in back
                                        of the bar, over the top, down in
                                        front and through the loop toward
                                        the back (fig. 1). This brings two
                                        strands side by side and forms two
                                        conventional hitches, which are
                                        "squared off" so to speak, with the
                                        third or original hitch between them
                                        (fig- 2).
                                          In making a multiple hitch, of five,
                                        seven, nine or more interlocking
                                        loops, you can use the first process
                                        (up in front, down in back) until you
                                        come to the final pair. Then square
                                        them off by the reverse procedure.
                                          To form an Interlocking Lark's
                                        Head in the center of the rope: Hold
                                        the rope across the hands, palms up,
                                        and twist them together to form the
              OTHER METHOD              False Lark's Head. Retain this with
                                        the left hand while the right gathers
                                        additional coils, twisting each one
                                        inward. Grip this with the right hand
                                        while the left gathers its extra coils,
                                        also working inward. Slide the loops
                                        onto the end of the bar and that's it.
                                          To "square off" the final loops,
                                        simply twist them outward instead of
                    fig-
                                        inward. The same can be done with
                                        the final loops of a longer chain.















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