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You will notice that each strand is now lying alongside a previous bight,
and lies over a pair of loops. Tuck each strand down through the same
loop as its adjacent bight (figure 129.4). You must now turn the knot

upside down, where the emerging strands will again lie adjacent to a
previous bight. Tuck each strand down through the same loop as its
adjacent bight again, and out through the centre of the knot, so that they
all emerge at the top of the knot.

figure 130.1

Stitch and whip eye: an alternative to splicing, used to make an eye in
plaited rope. You will need a thimble and about 3m (10ft) of thick

whipping twine.

Begin by forming a bight in the rope for the eye, and insert the thimble,

leaving yourself about 75mm (3in) of tail. Using a sail needle threaded
with the whipping twine, take a stitch with the needle as close to the
throat of the thimble as you can (figure 130.1), taking all of the twine
through with the exception of about 50mm (2in).

figure 130.2

Sew up to the end of the tail with diagonal stitches about every 15mm
(0.5in), and then sew back to the throat of the thimble again, at which