Fig. 50.—Treble Lark’s Head.
Fig. 51.—Backhanded Sailor’s Knot.
In the “double lark’s head” (Fig. 49) a bight is first made, and the ends passed through it; the ends are then put through the ring and through the loop just made and hauled taut. Fig. 50 shows the “treble lark’s head,” which is not so difficult as it looks. First bring the bight of a rope up through the ring, take one of the ends, and pass it through the bight, and up through the ring, and then down through its own bight; do the same with the other part and the knot is formed.
Fig. 52.—Capstan Knot.
Fig. 53.—Another Form of Sailor’s Knot.
In Fig. 51 is illustrated a “backhanded sailor’s knot,” made by passing an end through the ring round at the back of the standing part and through the ring again, and finishing with two half-hitches round the standing part. It may also be made with the end in the last turn put under the standing part and under its own part.