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French whipping (aka French Spiral)

4 make a new overhand clockwise loop with the 1 Take a single cord and start with either a

standing part as shown and insert under, over as
Constrictor knot or a Clove Hitch (used here).
shown.

repeat Stage 4 with overhand loops inserted
under, over, as often as needed for a view from
5 the front like this.

2 Form a Half Hitch over the rod or rail to the

right (or left) and keep half hitching in the same
direction until you have covered what you need
to cover. Be sure that each Hitch has the same
tension as the previous Hitches.

Here we see the ropelike
effect that this type of hitching
generates over a rail. The spiral
may be either to the right or
to the left, as here.

Here is the back of the finished Single-Strand
French Sinnet/Braid, resembling the over-under
pattern of regular French Sinnet.