Here's a picture of my favorite way to tie the two end of a cordelette together, fondly known as the European-Death-Knot, or the EDK. It stays put, does it's job, and comes untied when you want it to (unlike the double-fisherman's knot), assuming that three simple rules are followed.
1) The knot needs a minimum of hand length's (not width) worth of tail.
2) The knot needs to be well tightened. I tighten each strand individually no less than twice, every single time that I tie it.
3)
The knot cannot be loaded over anything. Nope, even that carabiner.
A very secure, strong, easy to tie, easy to adjust for length once tied, non-jamming (removable) knot for this application is the rosendahl bend (also known as zeppelin bend or b-q knot). You could also tie an alpine butterfly bend, but the symmetric nature of the b-q makes it easy to see when it is tied correctly. Good knot for v-threads in cord too. The b-q knot is much stronger than a flat overhand (EDK) and just as easy to tie with gloves on.
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