Page 114 - Knots You Need to Know Easy-to-Follow Guide to the 30 Most Useful Knots

7. To bring the cover over the bulkiest part of the throat, grab the rope

with one hand at the overhand knot you tied in the first step. With the
other hand, grip the cover just above the knot and push it up toward the
splice (arrow). A sharp, jerking motion is sometimes required to force the
cover over the thickest sections of the throat.

8. Snip off the tail of the core about one eighth of an inch from the cover.

Hold the loop in one hand and the standing part in the other and pull; this
pressure on the splice simulates the strain it will be under when in use,
and helps to even out the cover. To make sure that the splice will be tight