Page 104 - The Ashley Book of Knots

SINGLE-STRAND LANYARD KNOTS

original turns and replaces them with a series of left-hand turns that

will all appear on the surface.

567. A BEAD KNOT. A while ago my daughter Phoebe, then aged

seven, brought me this knot, which she had discovered for herself.

It consists of a RIGHT HALF KNOT superimposed over the bight side

of 8 RIGHT OVERHAND KNOT. 570

568. A MULTIPLE FIGURE-EIGHT KNOT is made by winding a series

of turns arouna the standing part and then pulling the end up through

these turns with a wire loop, after they have been arranged as shown S71

in the right diagram.

569, 570. The basic knots for twist braid (or plat) are the OVER-

HAND KNOT (~569) and the FIGURE-EIGHT KNOT (~570). By giving

the loop at the bottom an extra half twist and tuckin the end once,

the two plats may be lengthened. Each additional hal twist and tuck
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adds a total of three bights to the two sides of the knot.

571. With an OVERHAND KNOT as a base, to tie a DOUBLE-TwIST

BRAID KNOT: Plat alternately (wer and under, disentangling the work-

ing end from time to time until the lower end is again on the right

side. To double this knot, withdraw the end from the last tuck and

lead it to the right over one, as in the center diagram, then to the left 5'73

under two and over one, and to the right under two and over one,

which brings the end to the right top. Pass the end to the left under

the upper end. Then tuck downward over two and under two alter-

nately to the bottom.

572. With a FIGURE-EIGHT KNOT for a base, to tie a DOUBLE-TwIST

BRAID KNOT, any section of which is the same as FIVE-STRAND FLAT

SINNET: Make a SINGLE-TwIST BRAID KNOT with the lower end on

the left side as in ~ 569 and ~ 570. Then tuck as shown by the single

line in the diagram, upward under one and over two until the left

top is reached. Cross underneath the whole structure to the right,

then tuck downward as shown, over two and under two, to the

bottom. The finished knot is the same as ~ 573 (right diagram), ex-

cept that it has nine bights on each side. The two knots just given

may be lengthened further if wished.

573. A direct method of tying a FIVE-LEAD, FLAT-SINNET, TER- 514

MINAL KNOT in which the ends are diagonally opposite each other:

Arrange the cord as in the left diagram and proceed to plat or braid.

. Bring the outside left strand over two strands to the center, then S7!)

bring the outside right strand over two parts to the center. A knot is

completied every time the end is brought over two strands, from the

right to the left and tucked down at the center.

574. A direct method of tying a FIVE-LEAD, FLAT-SINNET, TERMI-

NAL KNOT in which the two ends are on the same side of the knot:

Arrange the cord as in the left diagram, and plat I1S directed for the

last knot. A knot is completed every time the working end is brought

over two strands, from the left to the right, and tucked down at the

center.

575. It will be noted by consulting the five diagrams at the top of

this page that the center one is an "impossible" one. The present knot

tied by another method shows how that knot would appear if it were S16

possible to tie it.

576. A FLAT LANYARD KNOT based on FIVE-STRAND FRENCH SINNET.

Make a CLOVE HITCH, and arrange the strands as in the left diagram.

Plat as FRENCH SINNET, employing the two loops and lower end

only. A knot is completed each time the end strand has made a

diagonal crossing to either side.