Method
Holdtheropeintheleh
handandtakeupthe
slackintheformofa
letterS (1).Movethe
righthand
counterclockwiseto
forma smallloop(2);
thenthreadtheloop
overtheendofthefirst
bight(3).Movetheleft
handcounterclockwise
toformasecondloop
(4)andthreadthisover
theendofthesecond
bight(5).Insertthe
rightendin thesmall
openingbelowthefirst
bight.Reversethesmall
looparoundthefirst
bight.Tightentheknot
bypullingthetwoends
atthesametimeand
withequalforce(6).lt
isgoodpracticeto
checkthatthetwo
bightsaresecurely
insertedinthe
respectiveeyesandthat
theyarenottooshort;
foriftheydonot
protrudesufficiently
theycouldcomeaway
andthusundotheknot.
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