Page 143 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

MAJOR TURLE'S KNOT

(ALSO KNOWN AS
TURLE KNOT, AND SOMETIMES TURTLE KNOT)

ajor Turle, of Hampshire, England, popularised this knot as an angler's knot during the
M mid-nineteenth century. It is a useful knot for tying through objects which have an
'eye', or hole, which can then be suspended and stored.

Pass the
I working end
of the line

of the object. Take the working end
2 around the shank, or neck,
of the object and across the
standing part to make a loop.

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Tuck the working
3 end through the loop
to make a half-hitch. .,

With the working end, tie
4 an overhand knot.