Page 203 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

SIMPLE SIMON OVI~R

II)
c his knot was devised by knot-tyer extraordinaire Harry Asher, and was first published as
z T recently as 1989. A very useful knot for tying in slippery line, Asher also devised a
w
al variation, the Simple Simon under.

In one of the two lines to
I be joined, make a bight.

Bring the working end of
2 the second line over the
bight in the first.

Tuck the working end of
3 the second line down
through the bight.