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the lay. To tuck with the lay, the working end is passed around any strand

of the standing part in the same direction as the lay.

Turk’s head: a purely decorative piece of ropework, it is probably the best
known of all fancy knots, being quite easy to form.

We have illustrated the formation on the hand for flexibility and clarity,
but in practice the Turk’s head would be applied directly around the
object.

figure 143.1

figure 143.2

Take a round turn around the object as if proceeding to make a clove
hitch (see page 40), but instead of tucking the standing end to lie parallel,
pass it across the standing part and tuck it under the first upward part of

the first turn (figure 143.1).

At this point the turns behind the hand (the object) are lying parallel to
each other. Now cross these left over right and take the working end up
and to tuck it between them from right to left (figure 143.2), and then
down between the gap between the two parts lying over the top of the
little finger in figure 143.2, where it emerges at the bottom of the front