Page 78 - Barbara Merry - The Splicing Handbook

On the standing part of the rope, put a whipping six rope diameters down from
the throat and a second whipping six rope diameters down from the beginning of
the first. We’ll call these anchor whippings, because their function is to provide

grip points along the slick standing part.
Pick up the strands at the throat and divide them into four groups.

Apply a light coating of adhesive on the standing part of the rope (where
you’ll be making the splice), taking care to avoid spraying the strands.
Essentially, you’ll be “braiding” the silky, slippery strands down around the
standing part; the adhesive coating (think of it as hair spray!), while not
necessary, will make the job easier. Along with the anchor whippings, it will
help keep the splice in place while you tie it.
Choose one of the strand groups and wrap it down the standing part of the
rope in barber-pole fashion. Fasten the end temporarily with a Constrictor Knot

(see inset illustration) below the second whipping. Choose another group and
wrap it down the rope in the opposite direction from the first group. Fasten that
group with a constrictor knot adjacent to the first constrictor.
Wrap the third and fourth groups of strands in the same fashion, and anchor
them temporarily with additional constrictor knots.