To tie a reef knot, tie a
left-handed overhand knot
and then a right-handed
overhand knot or vice
versa. (Two consecutive
overhands of the same
handedness will make a
granny knot.) A common
mnemonic for this
procedure is "right over left,
left over right".
The working ends of the
reef knot must be cis (that
is, both at the top or both at
the bottom); the other lines
lead to the full rope.
Otherwise, a thief knot
results. (The "cis" and
"trans" terms are derived
from terminology used to
describe geometric
isomerism.)
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