1. THE INSTANTANEOUS KNOT
Grasp the silk about five inches from one end in the right hand and hold it up in front of you. Place the left hand just below the right hand, the thumb and fingers encircling the silk, and run that hand down the silk to a point about five inches from the other end; grip the silk there and turn the left hand over inwards. Hold the silk at each end by pressing the thumbs against the sides of the hands and open the fingers (Fig. 28).
Bring the hands together, turning them over inwards. Grip end A between the right second and third fingers and, at the same time, end B with the fingers of the left hand by bending them into the left palm; draw the hands apart and a knot is tied in the middle of the silk.
As soon as the action is thoroughly understood, practice it under cover of a swing of the whole body from right to left. Display the silk, as in Fig. 26, with your left side to the front; swing round to the left, moving the right hand faster than the left so that they come together in the middle of the swing, where the exchange of the ends is made; then move the left hand away faster than the right. At once begin to twirl the silk between the hands; then draw it taut and the knot becomes visible.
Smoothly and quickly done, the turn of the body completely covers the meeting of the hands and the knot appears instantaneously.
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