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Tojointheendsofthe
tworopes.passtheend
01 thefirstropeoverthe
standingpartofthe
second,forminga
figure-eightknot(1).
Toclosetheknot,insert
theendintotheleft
loop(2);pulltheend
andstandingpartto
tightenthelirstknot
(3,4).Makethesecond
knotinthesameway
(5).llthisproves
difficult.youcanturn
theropesoversothat
thesecondknotcanbe
madeinexactlythe
samewayasthefirst.
Whenthesecondknot
hasbeentightened.the
knotsarebrought
togetherbypullingboth
standingparts(6).The
grapevineknot,likethe
waterknot,shouldhave
oneendabovethe
standingpartandone
below.Ifnot,itmeans
thattheknotisnot
correct.

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