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Figure 10-21. A 4L 5 5B Turk’s Head. Make an Overhand Knot with the working end leading off to the right.
Pass the end down, behind the standing part, then up through the eye of the Overhand Knot and out to the
right (A). Slip the evolving knot onto a jar or your hand. Pass the end down behind the jar, back up over the
first bight encountered, under the second, and over the standing part to the left. Then pass the end upward
to the right, under, over, and under successive sections (B). Important: Note that these sections do not have a
regular weave, but pass under or over two parts at a time. By weaving through them as shown you produce
a symmetrical weave. Now rotate the knot toward you, and you will find one more series of “bars” (sections
that go over and under two at a time). Pass the end over, under, and over as shown (C) to complete the knot.
A finished 4L x 5B knot, tripled, is shown in D.

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