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circle. Next, form a bight in the top left-hand side of the circle and pass it
under the first bight. Then make a bight in the top right-hand side of the
circle, and pass it over the two ends and under the top left-hand bight
(figure 45. 1). This completes the first stage, which can be pulled tight.
To complete the knot, pull down the top left-hand bight over the bottom
left-hand bight (figure 45.2), to form a loop at the left. Then take the
bottom left bight over the top left-hand bight and over the bottom right-
hand bight. Continue this process by taking the bottom right-hand bight
over the bottom left-hand bight and over the top right-hand bight. Then
take the ends from the top right-hand side over the bottom right-hand
bight and tuck them into the loop formed at the left side. You can now
pull all the bights tight to complete the knot (figure 45.3).
figure 46.1
