Page 49 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"
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b FIGURE-OF-EIGH1'
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a: his is a figure-of-eight knot but with a drawloop, so that the knot can be quickly untied
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a. T by pulling on the working end.
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Make a small bight at the
I end of a line.
Give the bight a half-twist
2 and turn it into a loop.
Make a second half-twist to make
3 the figure-of-eight-shaped elbow.
