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A S AILOR’S WHISK

METHOD
Fold the rope in half, making a towards the knot to comb out all
loop about 100mm long by the fibres. The wet yarns are
putting on a constrictor knot as much easier to comb than if they
a temporary seizing. This will be had been left dry. When you are
the handle. Unlay the strands of satisfied with the combing out,
the rope and with 2 strands tie a constrictor knot round the
from each side make a 4 strand fibres about 130mm from the
crown knot with the 2 diamond knot and cut off the
remaining strands in the ends of the fibres. Slide the
middle. Follow with a wall knot constrictor knot off the end and
under the crown and tuck the hang the whisk up to dry. Finally
ends up through the middle, so shake the ends to loosen any
making a diamond knot. odd stray fibres and you have got
Tighten the diamond knot, a fine little whisk.
taking care not to pull the 2 lazy
strands in the middle, as that A
tends to distort the lay of the
rope in the handle loop. Crown knot
Untie your temporary seizing.
Unlay all 6 strands to the yarns
and then unlay all the yarns
down to the fibres. This takes
time and can make quite a mess,
so best not do it over a clean
carpet. Use a marlinespike to
comb out any difficult yarns.
Now wet the teased out fibres
and comb them as straight as
possible. As I make a lot of these
whisks I have made up a kind of
coarse comb with some nails in a Wall
piece of wood. Start by combing knot
out the ends and working back

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