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piece of wood.

figure 142.1

True lover’s knot: a decorative knot of little practical value, sometimes
tied in small cord to form a lanyard for wearing around the neck, which
could support a stop watch or a locket. The knot also forms the basis for
the shamrock knot, and is related to the jury mast head knot; it is

comprised of two interlocking thumb knots.

To form this knot, first make one thumb knot and then pass the working
end up through the bight of the knot (figure 142.1) before forming a
second thumb knot in the second bight (figure 142.2).

figure 142.2

Tucked half blood knot see improved clinch knot.

Tucking: the action of passing the working end of a strand over a strand
of the standing part of a rope. When you take it under the next strand in
the opposite direction to the lay of the rope this is called tucking against