Page 41 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

TRIPLE (AND MULTIPLE)

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b OVERHAND KN01~
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hree or more tucks of the working end through the loop of a simple overhand knot will
e T create this knot. The alternative name of'blood knot' comes from the fact that this type
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of knot was tied in the ends of the lashes of a cat o' nine tails, the whip that was used for
flogging in th e British Royal Navy until it was banned in 1948. A less gruesome use is as a
weight in the cords that monks and nuns use to tie their habits: the triple knot was a
symbolic reference to their threefold sacred vows.

Follow steps 1 and 2
I for the double overhand
knot (see page 39).

Tuck the working end a third time through
2 the loop. Keep the loop slack.

Pull on both ends of the
3 rope, t\v1st1ng
them in opposite
directions so that
a diagonal
wrappmg
turn appears.