Setup the Splice

• Cleanly cut off the rope ends you wish to join. Untwist the strands of each rope two or three wraps. Wrap a thin strip of duct tape around the end of each strand to keep them from unraveling. Spread the strands and butt the rope ends up against one another with the strands of the first rope between the strands of the second rope. Start with the first rope and lay each strand counterclockwise over the top of the strand next to it from the second rope.
  
  

Splicing

• After laying the first strand over the top of the strand on its left, gently untwist the second rope and tuck the first strand under the next strand. Repeat the same over- and under-tuck with the other two strands from the first rope. When finished, the three strands from the first rope will be tucked under three strands from the second rope. Now start over. Take a strand from the first rope, go over the strand next to it and under the one after that. Repeat the over- and under-splicing until all the strands from the first rope are tucked under strands from the second row a second time. If there is enough of the first rope strands left, tuck in another row the same way until most of the strands are spliced into the second rope..
  
  

Finishing

• Now, start tucking the strands from the second rope over and under the strands of the first rope the same way until all the strands are tucked in. Untwist the first rope to allow room to tuck the strands under as you did with the first rope. When you are done, secure the bits sticking out from between the strands to keep them from unraveling. To do that, wrap a thin strip of duct tape or thin cord around the ends to prevent unraveling. Pull the rope both directions to set the splice so it will hold securely. The rope will be stronger at the splice than the rest of the rope and the braided link will also look nice and doesn't make a fat wad of rope like most knots do.