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Method
Formacarrickbend
(seepp.136-137)
arounditsown
standingpart(1).The
twofreeendsfollowthe
twodiagonalsofthe
carrickbend,butwith
theoppositeweave
(2,3).Allthatthen
remainsistoworkthe
knot.Todothis,pullthe
loopieftwhenthe
carrickbendwas
formedandthetwofree
endssmoothlyand
slowly(4,5).Make
surethatthereisno
overlappingandthat
theknottightensevenly
andwithitsinternal
orderintact.Figure 6
showstheknot
completed,clearly
demonstratingthe
admirablyperfect
symmetryfromwhichit
probablygotitsname.