[Fig. 186], IV shows the simple knot tightened.
[Fig. 186], V and VI show how the Flemish knot looks when commenced and finished.
[Fig. 186], VII and VIII show a "rope knot" commenced and finished.
[Fig. 186], IX is a double knot commenced.
[Fig. 186], X is the same completed.
[Fig. 186], XI shows a back view of the double knot.
[Fig. 186], XII is the first loop of a "bow-line knot." One end of the line is supposed to be made fast to some object. After the turn, or loop ([Fig. 186], XII), is made, hold it in position with your left hand and pass the end of the line up through the loop, or turn, you have just made, behind and over the line above, then down through the loop again, as shown in the diagram ([Fig. 186], XIII); pull it tight and the knot is complete. The "sinker hitch" is a very handy one to know, and the variety of uses it may be put to will be at once suggested by the diagrams.
