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bond,asymbolwithmagic

powers.

Theoverhandknotisused

inmanysituations:Itisused

asabasisforotherknots.to

holdobjectswhenthetension

onbothendsisequal.asa

terminalorSlOPperknot,and.

finally,itistiedatregular

intervalsalonglifelines.An

obviousbutveryuseful

applicationofthisknotisat

theendofsewingthread

passedthroughtheeyeofa

needle.Itisnotpopularwith

sailors,asitisimpossibleto

untiewhenwetifithasbeen

tiedtightly.

Method

Turnthestandingpartto

makea loopandpasstheend

throughit (1).

Howtomakeaseriesof
overhandknots
Thelefthandholdstheend
andtheturnsformedbythe
righthand(2,3).Toform
theseturnsclose yourright
handandusethethumbto
hookupthestandingpartby
twistingyourwristfromthe
bottomupwardssothatthe
ropewindsaroundthefingers
(2,3).Sliptheturnsontothe
lefthandassoonastheyare
formed,keepingthemregular
andinorderwithoutletting
themoverlap(4).Nowpass
theendthroughtheturns
fromlefttoright(5,6)and
continuepullingtheendin
thesamedirectiontoform,as
if bymagic,asmanyknotsas
thereareturns.spacedat
regularintervals(7,8).