Page 50 - Alpheus Hyatt Verrill "Knots, Splices and Rope-Work"

Take the end of a rope and unlay one strand; place the two remaining strands back
alongside of the standing part (Fig. 92). Pass the loose strand which has been unlaid over
the end, and follow around the spaces between the two strands and then around eye,—as
in making a grommet,—until it returns down the standing part and lies under the eye with
the strands (Fig. 93). Then divide the strands, taper them down, and whip the whole with
yarn or marline (Fig. 94).