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Underhand round-Turn pointing
With this method, we expose a little more of the
warp cords, for a slightly different appearance. The
verticality it shows helps to heighten the appearance
of, say, a long bottle being covered.

4 Continue under two, round turn one for under-

hand round-turn pointing.
1 again, secure the standing end with the working The pointing just shown has two important

elements that must be kept in mind when making
part facing the desired direction of tying.
the pieces. First, the ends of all the warp cords
(those that lie along the length of the piece) must be
secured. Here they have been secured with tape as
a temporary measure. This use of tape is expedient
if you are going to cover the ends of the cords with
something else. If you are not going to cover them
with anything of a sufficient size to hide the tape,
or if the location is to be an outside or weather-
exposed location, you will probably be better off
with a Constrictor Knot to hold the cords. The
2 has the advantage of being much smaller in size than
Constrictor will, of course, have to be covered and

the tape.
pass under two, round turn around one.
The second item to bear in mind is that the
warp cords will have to cover exactly half of the
circumference of the piece, or there will be gaps in
the covering. I find that it is easiest to keep adding
cords until at least half of the surface is covered
and then make one or two trial wraps with the
cords spaced one cord thickness apart to determine
whether I have enough or too many cords. The
tension applied to each succeeding turn of the weft
cord will change the thickness of the warp cords
and may leave a slight gap if you are not careful. It
3 repeat Stage 2 to cover the warp does not matter if you use an odd or even number
of warp cords unless you want a specific pattern
on the surface. The length of the weft cord will
cords.