A possible, probably easy method of tying the Adjustable Constrictor loop.*
We first make a bowline nipping loop ( do not worry !
It is only temporary, it will disappear in due time, and will be transformed into an open helical coil...), and then we pass the working path in the
wrong way ... Then we form a "proper", first bowline collar, we pass through the nipping loop again following the same path, and going over the strand it is already there, we form a second collar (around the eye leg of the standing part), and finally we pass the working end again through the nipping loop, for the last time, going over and
crossing in an elbow configuration the strand of its first passage . ( This way, the strand
returning from the collar around the eye leg of the standing part, will be put in an elbow, X = crossed embrace with the strand
going to the collar around the standing end) . ( So, each time we move "upwards " or "downwards", we pass the working end through the nipping loop from the same direction it had in its previous passage)( Verbal descriptions are often inadequate,
my verbal descriptions are always incomprehensible, so : See the attached picture !
).
* I know a few only things about how knots work, and almost nothing about how minds work, so usually I am very reluctant to make any suggestions of tying methods. People should remember and tie knots according to the specific way
their minds and
their knots/materials combination work...I would be glad if somebody would figure out an easier way to tie this knot, that would better fit into
his mind - and possibly into mine s as well !
P.S. If we want to tie the two-coils, or even the three coils version of those loops, we simply have to start from a double or triple nipping loop, and proceed as described above. I do not believe that more than one coils will be ever needed in any application, except perhaps for monofilament fishing lines.