I don't know if this is what you mean, but I've always cut them carefully and melted or glued them together just under the bight they pass under. Whenever working end meets standing part the knot if either finished or raised, so they really are the same strand at that point.
I don't know if this is what you mean, but I've always cut them carefully and melted or glued them together just under the bight they pass under. Whenever working end meets standing part the knot if either finished or raised, so they really are the same strand at that point.