Originally Posted by sandpat
Remember when tying a square knot...its "right over left, then left over right..makes a square knot, nice and tight" -- from my Girl Scout days.
if you go the other way...I'm told its a surgeon's knot and it will slip. I don't know why.
A surgeon's knot is what I used: left over right TWICE then right over left. Doing the first part over twice first prevents the knot from loosening while you tie the second part.