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small bight. This small bight eventually forms the eye of the knot.

Make an overhand loop and take the working end on to make a larger

bight to the right, before laying this underneath the first bight. Take the
working end over the top of the larger bight just formed, and around
behind the standing part, before bringing the working end back down
over the right-hand side of the first, smaller, bight. Tuck it in and out of
that bight so as to weave it under the right-hand side of the large loop.
Now take the working end to the top of the knot (figure 46.1) and pass it
down behind the knot and up through the centre, while tucking the

standing end down into the bottom of the large loop, up behind the rest
of the knot (figure 46.2) and back up through the eye of the carrick bend
together with the working end (figure 46.3). Then work the knot towards
the eye and draw tight all parts (figure 46.4).

Diamond knot, on four strands: holding the four strands in your left
hand, form a bight in each and hold them secure between your thumb
and forefinger. Then take each strand anticlockwise past its adjacent bight

and up through the next (figures 47.1–47.3) and pull all working ends
together to form the finished knot.

figure 47.1