Knots I can't tie #2: The Alpine Butterfly

 My plan for today was to announce the final list of knots I was going to try to tie. It was going to start with:

1. Square Knot

2. Bowline

3. Two Half-Hitches

4. Taut-Line Hitch

5. Sheet Bend

6. Clove Hitch

These were almost universally listed on all the lists of "knots to know" or "knot challenges" and I feel like they'd cover you for most things.

I decided to add:

7. Figure Eight: It was on a fair number of the lists, is pretty easy, and was the first knot I'm pretty sure I didn't know how to tie as a kid.

I considered the Sheepshank, but I don't really enjoy tying it (it's not hard, just awkward) and never felt very practical. So I poked around for something to replace it. One knot I'd seen mentioned a lot the last week or so (including as a Sheepshank alternative in some places) was the Alpine Butterfly. Looked it over, seemed like a good one to know.

I spent over an hour trying to tie it. I never got it even close.

Blogsters, anyone know how to tie this thing? I don't even know where I'm going wrong. Usually when I screw up a knot I can at least tell "oh, I need to flip that loop" or something.

"Thanks" Wikipedia