Well, thanks, but the book came prior to returning
to the Net --confirming my recall.
I think I like this new knot better than what Ashley
shows. Further, if the new knot's SParts are taken
OUTside of their own parts instead of turning and
being drawn out between them,
I think the result is a little more stable, the pressing
nip on the SParts being to the sides of the pulled-through
bight rather than at its tip.
Moreover, to the variation Ashley presents, where the
bight's tip is turned around the SParts, it might work
better if the bight legs go OVER/outside and turn back
under/inside.
... all this led me to do further fiddlings, during which
I re-invented the Gleipnir, and so on.
Thanks,
--dl*
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