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Braided interlocking loop
An interesting method of joining two thin lines is this knot published by
British knot-tyer and author Geoffrey Budworth in 1999. Its main advantage
is that it spreads the load and therefore the wear and tear over a longer
length of line. That means there’s less likely to be chafe resulting in a nasty
surprise. Apart from that, the knot also has some decorative merit.
1 Tie a fixed loop, such as an 2 Put two twists in the loop, and
overhand loop (page 110), in the pass the working end of the other
end of one line. line through it. Tie a figure-eight in
the end of the second line, a few feet
from the end.
3 Pass the end of the second line 4 Repeat until the line is woven 5 Weave the line through the
through the first loop. through all three loops. loops again, this time from the
opposite side.
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