I was just sitting there and out of the blue, in my mind I hear, "Rabbit goes up the hole, around the tree and back down again" -- a bowline knot. Yes, also well over 50 since I tied one.
That was the start of a trip down memory lane; how to tie a Timber hitch, a clove-hitch, a taut-line hitch, the square knot,
That is how I learned to tie that knot as well.
Do whatever it takes to avoid fooling yourself into believing that something is true when it is false, or that something is false when it is true.