Now lead the ends in the direction indicated by the dotted lines (taking care beforehand that you have them sufficiently long for the purpose), and bring them both up through the opening a. Bring the two standing parts b and c together, and gradually render all parts in turn to work up the knot as tight as possible, when it will appear as in Fig. 59.
KNOTS FORMED ON ROPES BY THEIR OWN STRANDS.
Although our next series of knots are generally known as "fancy knots" they are by no means merely ornamental, many of them playing important parts in the standing rigging of a ship.
(1). To Form a Wall Knot.—First unlay the rope so that the strands appear as in Fig. 60.
