Notice two things :
1. The second end ( at the right side of the picture ) of the first "small" bight
( the bight that is going to form the nipping loop ) goes "over" its first end
( at the left side of the picture ),
?! I see not "bights" but "loops" --fitting the standard
definitions (and such terms as "nipping loop")--, so it would
help to so refer to them.
Secondly, given the orientation of ends in the finished-knot
image, the SPart is not what begins (and happens to end)
on the right, but on the left.
I have no doubt that this loop is much better than the Span loop ( ABoK#1049 )
--the tail is secured/locked in between the first curves of the standing part AND the returning eye leg ),
but, judging from past experience, I reckon that this would need 60, at least, years
to be understood and appreciated by Ashley s devoted followers .
By Ashley's presentation, the function of the
span loop is to
provide an attachment eye for a "span"; hence, the knot is best
if "TIB" (one might think of the
butterfly, but maybe that's
not among the "this series" Ashley cites). Your given eye knot
seems intended for a particular SPart loading and the other end
qua tail (unloaded).
Note that the start of the
span loop is consistent with making
one of the
bowline in the bights --one needs to make the
"back flip" of the inserted bight (or loop, for other versions)
back around the knot to collar the SPart.
As for how many times some part is nipped, that is not even
a sure indication of value on its own of security of that part,
let alone an indication of the quality of the knot overall
--such things as ease of tying/untying, economy of material,
and so on. If both knots are secure (loose, loaded), then
counting number of points of binding is rather academic.
But, in any case, the showing of inserting bights/loops within
others is a good opening of the mind to methods for forming
knots. I have found one (which is
much MUCH betterthan these!) that works decently qua mid-line eye knot,
and I think should prove reasonably sound in other regards,
but which I cannot assuredly tie
with the ends (i.e., by
non-TIB method), and which requires, for that, some careful
formation and then holding-in-place while the knot is
completed by reeving the tail through it.
--dl*
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