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STEP 2 Hold the turns in place as you add three horizontal turns.

STEP 3 Next, add three turns that go through the middle of the knot,
wrapping over the top and around the vertical turns.

STEP 4 Take care that the loops stay in place, and that they continue
to stay in place, as you carefully work the slack out through the knot,

one turn at a time.

The end can be left long and spliced into the standing part, or tucked
into the knot. If the end is to be tucked within the knot, an Oysterman’s

Stopper (see Chapter 6) tied in the end will help fill its center. After it is
pushed into the middle of the knot, work the slack back to the standing
part of the cord.
A variation on the Monkey’s Fist Knot is to use more than three turns.

And for the ambitious knot tyer, a three-turn Monkey’s Fist can serve as