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Bellrope Worked

with 8 Ends

CALL THIS OUR 11 inch bellrope but you can make it longer or
I shorter, add Turk’s heads and interweave colour to change its
style. Once you’ve got the hang of the 8 strand square sennit it
grows quite fast, so combined with the crown sennits it makes a
long bellrope fairly quickly. The first time it may take you 2-3
hours to complete . . . with a bit of luck!
I usually stop after the 8 strands crowned in pairs, but you
could add another section with the 8 strands crowned singly;
this will leave a space in the core of the sennit, so you will need
to put in some sort of filler, perhaps a bit of 4/5mm line if you
are using 3mm for your sennit. Sometimes I make up the end
globe knot and follow it round a second time, then introduce a
second coloured strand for the other two passes; this shows off
the complexity of the globe. With a 3 lead 5 bight or 4 lead 5
bight Turk’s head above in the same coloured line, it really
makes a deluxe bellrope. Use your imagination to try out all
sorts of combinations of the knots and sennits I’ve used here.

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