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then work it back towards the right-hand side, where you can thread it

through one or two strands of the rope (figure 40.4). You can now splice
the two ends of the single strand into the rope (figure 40.5) and trim off
any excess.

figure 40.1

figure 40.2

figure 40.3

figure 40.4

figure 40.5

Crowning see continuous crowning.

Crown knot: forms the basis of many stopper knots, but it cannot be

used alone, as it will come undone.

Unlay the rope to the required length, and then interweave the strands.
You can use any number of strands. Work with the lay of the rope, by
passing each strand around over its neighbour and the last strand and