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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS
1089. The HITCHED TOM FOOL'S KNOT will be more secure than
the two former knots for slinging a ladder, since the material from
one loop may not be directly drawn to the other loop.
1090. A DOUBLE FORKED Loop on the bight. The method of mak-
ing the remaining knots on this page was sug ested by MULTI-
STRAND DIAMOND KNOT ~693 and SINNET KNOT 757, although the
application is somewhat remote. They are all trustworthy knots pro-
vided they are well tied.
This knot is commenced with two round turns. These are dis-
torted a bit to provide bights for tucking, and for tucking through.
The two lower bights are carried around the stem and tucked to the
right through the next upper bight.
1091. A DOUBLE FORKED Loop in the bight. This knot also starts
with two round turns which are arranged in the shape of a pentagon.
In this case a lower bight passes to the left over the adjacent bight
and through the opposite upper bight. It more closely resembles
the method of tying a DIAMOND KNOT than the last knot did, but in
these knots, bights instead of ends are tucked.
1092. This knot, which is perhaps the most secure of the series,
is tied somewhat in the manner of the SPANISH BOWLINE (~ro87),
but the finished knots have little in common. This one is the more
secure of the two since the material of the two loops is not readily
drawn from one to the other. The knot is started with a CLOVE
HITCH; each of the two SINGLE HITCHES which compose the CLOVE
HITCH is given an added half twist to the right. The right-hand hitch
is then crossed over the left so that the knot assumes the form of the
second diagram. After this the two lower bights are rove through
109 I the two upper bights as indicated by the arrows. The knot is then
drawn taut.
1093. A DOUBLE Loop KNOT in the bight that is not so pro-
nouncedly forked as the others of the series. It is started with two
round turns and the top of each of these is given an additional half
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