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STOPPERKNOT

Quickandeasytomake,
thisstopperknotcanalso
bequitebulky,soitis
particularlysuitedtoits
purpose.

Method
Usinga pieceoflineofthe
largestpossiblediameter,
makea looparoundthe
mainline(1).Thenmakea
longseriesofturnsto
increaseboththesizeof
theknotanditsgrip(2),
butcheckwhiledoingso
thattheydonotoverlapor
comeoutoforder.
Althoughoverlapping
turnswouldcertainly
enlargethesizeofthe
knot,theadvantagewould
bedubiousforitwould
soonbegintoslip.Close
theknotbyinsertingthe
endintotheeyeofthe
loopandtightenitby
pullingontheendandthe
standingpartatthesame
time(3).