... is relatively elegant.
I agree, of course, that even a
very bulky knot, can be
very elegant !
Elegance has to do with symmetries and the harmonious flow of lines, not with the economy of material. However, I ,personally, would rather choose a thin/slim elegant knot, than a thick/fat elegant one !
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In the first place, you have tied a different knot, a TIB double loop - or a double line midline double loop.
Who ordered that ?
Just a consequence of the situation (no ends).
I mean, the two additional loops ( slack bights ), hanging from the knot s nub. A utilitarian thing for the wet laundry, perhaps, but that was not the prescription of this thread I am afraid...
How about naming some few others to compare?!
I am not going to repeat here some numbers of the ABoK s relevant long chapter on double loops you know very well ! I have a feeling that there are dozens more TIB double loops possible, because, although we can not use the two ends, we can manipulate the two bights in many ways ( so they get entangled the one to the other, around the two parts of line and possibly through some nipping loops formed in those parts ).(See one possible TIB double loop midline "base", at the attached picture. The over-under relation of an "eye" s legs can be reversed). I was impressed that the first time I tried my hand on double loops, I met a new one ( Beginner s luck ?
(1). It has happened to me to have a glimpse of that seemingly endless landscape that is waiting for us there, but I just do not have the motive to exploit it for the time being - I have other priorities. Anyway, from the practical point of view, a new mid line double loop is not such an urgently needed knot, I guess...
Let us first finish this dirty bowline job !
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