... You're being thrown a small diameter rope from the roof
and are supposed to tie the bucket to be hoisted there.
On this problem, one might be able to simply
coil the excess rope such that the coil (thinking
here of an oblong structure --compressed from
roundness) is folded under the thin wire,
and then the SPart casts 2-3
half-hitches around
the ends of the (thus doubled) coil.
As for your other problem,
there are (also ) many ways ... . One would be to
tie a slipped
constrictor knot to the spar and stopper
the slip-bight's tail (to render it your needed "eye"
to hook into). This will be a stable-in-position
solution, whereas making a ring of (loose-ish)
rope to contain both spar & lantern hook could
move along the spar to various positions (making
a round turn on the spar in this case would give
some simple positioning stability when weighted).
--dl*
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