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Figure 10-24. Three answers to the question, “What
do you do when you’re hitching and reach an inter-
section of rim and spoke or rail and stanchion?” You
can just hitch right by, jumping past the gap, but as
Clifford Ashley said, this is “lubberly and not to be
countenanced.” It looks sloppy, leaves a bare spot,
and is an opportunity for slack and snag. Seizing
the ends and covering with simple Turk’s Heads
either side is a satisfactory solution, but for real flair,
why not make a Three-Legged Turk’s Head? Figure
10-25 shows how.

Figure 10-25. To tie a Three-Legged Turk’s Head (4L 5 5B), make an Overhand Knot that angles across
the T, the end coming out at top right. Pass the end behind the right-hand bar of the T, over the vertical
bar from right to left, behind the standing part, then up through the eye of the Overhand Knot (A). Pass
the end behind the right-hand bar of the T again, then in front of the upright to the left. Pass it up under,
over, under, over, under as shown (B) to arrive at C. To finish, turn the T around and tuck over, under,
over (D), and lead the end alongside the standing part for doubling and tripling.

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