Perry Templeton wrote:
When I was a kid, my dad would make a "loop" in the end of our ropes.
He would "weave" the cut end of the rope back into itself at the
beginning of the loop.

A search for "eye splice" should get you lots of relevant methods, many
with animations to make the method clearer. Takes a little practice to
get it to look good, but you can usually end up with something
servicable
after the first one or two tries...

Hope that helps,
--Glenn Lyford