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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

524. The FIGURE-EIGHT KNOT has a single rim part, which passes

completely around the neck, and it has another single part at the top

which nips the end. The OYSTERMAN'S STOPPER (fli526) has three

parts around the rim and one part at the top which nips the end. This

suggests a knot, between the two, with two rim parts, and with the

end nipped by a single top part.

525. The "TWEEN IE" comes very near to filling these conditions,

524 having one top part and two rim parts, but the end is nipped by one

of the rim parts instead of the center art. It is nonetheless an excel-

lent knot, although the stem is a bit 0 center. I have not as yet found

a knot that precisely fills the gap between iIfi 524 and iIfi 526, but I do

not question there is one to be found. In the search several other knots

of interest have turned up, and several of them (ilfi547, ilfi548, and

iIfi 549) are shown later in the chapter ..

526. The OYSTERMAN'S STOPPER. The discovery of this knot is

described in Chapter I, page 7. It is a larger knot than the FIGURE-

EIGHT, which has but one part around the stem. The OYSTERMAN'S

STOPPER KNOT has three rim parts, and these are quite symmetrical

when viewed from the underside. From this view it closely resembles

a THREE-STRAND WALL KNOT. The end is nipped by a single top part.

It is easy to tie and practical to use when the hole that is to be filled

is too large for the FIGURE-EIGHT. Having reached the position of the

upper right diagram and the end being rove as indicated by the

arrow, the HALF KNOT shown near the end in the diagram must be

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pulled very snug; next the end is pulled and finally the standing part.

Arrange the knot so that it is symmetrical as in the left and right

bottom sketches. The center bottom diagram is given merely to

show the over-and-under arrangement of the knot on a symmetrical

diagram form.

527. The QUATREFOIL: This knot is one of the steps in the series

beyond the OYSTERMAN'S STOPPER (ilfi 526). It has four rim parts and

one center part, which nips the end. To tie: Pin the end along the

diagram, tucking underneath where indicated, and work the knot

taut with a pricker.

528. The CINQUEFOIL has five rim parts and a single center part

and is symmetrical and handsome, but, unless tied very carefully and

firmly, it tends to capsize and spill.

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