Page 202 - Adlard Coles "The Knot Bible"

DECORA TIVE KNO TS

Double wall knot
KNOT SCORE
A larger, though slightly less stable, stopper knot is formed by following Strength
the lead around for one more tuck. According to Darcy Lever in his 1808 Security
book The Sheet Anchor, the double wall was ‘tied in the ends of topgallant Diffi culty Tying
Diffi culty Untying
braces, to button in the clews of topgallant sails.’ And if it’s good enough
Usefulness
for the topgallant, it’s good enough for most things.

1 Prepare the line as for a crown 2 Pass the ends under the standing 3 Pass the ends through the loops
(page 198, Step 1). The example part of its neighbour, working in a formed in the previous step, still
shown is four strand, but the same clockwise direction. working in a clockwise direction.
principles apply for three strand.

4 Pull the strands to remove any 5 Tighten the knot.
slack, and make sure each strand
passes through two loops apiece.

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