one end of the rope tucked upwards over the left hand long finger and under the index finger (option 1 : double folded as a bight to prepare a start-side-slip for the final knot) Make two crossing turns around the neck of the bag. Detailed steps: Cross over the hand downwards and take one turn around (front, then back) the neck of the bag at the sack side of the hand (under the hand) Cross over the hand upwards as well as over the immobilized other end, Take a second turn around the neck of the bag at the opening side of the hand (over the hand) Cross over the immobilized other end of the rope, then cross back tucking under the crossing point of step 3.2 (of the immobilized other end, and the part between the two turns), (option 2 : this last tuck with a bight instead of the end as an end-side-slip for the final knot). To tie the other variants: If at the last step one chooses not to cross the immobilized other end and tuck only inwards under the part between the two turns, the knot will be an ABoK #11 or Clove hitch. If at the last step one chooses to cross the immobilized other end and tuck only under the part between the two turns, the knot will be an ABoK #1242 (tuck inwards) or a ground-line hitch (ABoK #1243 - tuck outwards) pictured. It should be tightened by pulling the end first. It is also called Spar hitch If at the last step one chooses to cross over the crossing point, and then tuck outwards under the first turn, the knot will be an ABoK #1241 pictured. If at the last step one chooses to cross over the crossing point, and then tuck inwards under the first turn, the knot will be an ABoK #1674 pictured. Shown in a slipped form at entry #1244, this variation is noted by Ashley as having better binding characteristics than the others. Tying other knots that also may function very well as a bag knot but are slightly different from above descriptions: Strangle knot (two non crossing turns with one end crossing over both and tucked under both) Grip the neck of the bag with the left hand, Fix / immobilize one end of the rope tucked upwards over the left hand long and under the