Ken, you are doing fine.... rigging is best done from the inside out... don't let yourself get trapped to get at something, if possible. Make yourself some tools with thin dowel and brass rod to make a long hook or forked pushing and pulling tool. Those blocks can be stropped using alligator grip stands (like an extra pair of hands), just set one of the blocks in one side clip, loop your line around the block and leave a bitter end tail, clip the other pair of your line and then tie the line together close to the end of the block and sease or whip using thin thread, clip off the bitter end and you are ready. Their are many books out there on rigging. Good luck, Dennis