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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

773. A LONG FOUR-STRAND LANYARD KNOT with a square cross

section is based on SINNET fI, 2998 and TURK'S-HEAD fI, 13<)0.

To make: Trace the diagram carefully on a piece of white paper

(see directions, page 22). Take a stri of heavy Manila wrapping

paper three inches wide and ten to fteen inches long or longer

according to the weight and stiffness of the paper. Cut off the ends

of the white paper diagram flush with the two vertical lines, and

paste the diagram to one end of the wrapping paper even with one

edge. Roll the paper up with the diagram on the outside. When the

two edges of the diagram coincide, paste the end down. Hold finnlv

with elastic bands, and set aside to dry.

Seize a FOUR-STRAND SINNET, leaving all strand ends about two

feet long. Make holes where the four dots appear on the diagram,

and, using a looped wire, reeve one of the strands from the left end

of the cylinder out through a hole to the surface. Stick a pin at the

center of each rim bight on the diagram, twelve in all. Lead the

strand along its circuit, following the lead and the over-and-under of

the diagram. When the working end reaches a convenient hole stick

it down and out, to the right. Reeve the second strand through a

hole, and continue in the same direction as the first. Do the same

with the remaining strands, leading each, when it has completed iu

circuit, out of the cylinder and to the right.

Using scissors, cut away the paper cylinder without disturbing the

knot, and draw all taut.

774. A TRIANGULAR KNOT tied with four strands. Take a piece of

paper eleven or more inches long. Start at the upper end of the trac-

ing paper, and trace the full length of the dia!!ram, then add another

section to the bottom of the first tracing, beginnmg with the top of

the diagram and stopping at the dotted line which lies about seven

eighths of an inch from the bottom. The total tracing will be about

ten and one half inches long. Take a large mailing tube, if one is

available, and wind paper around it until it is the right size to fill the

paper diagram, or else make a tube of stiff wrapping paper as di-

rected for fl,773, but much stiffer, and tie in the same manner as

above.

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