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Half Hitching

The lazy strand can be of a different

color to the main working material
and this will add a further interest to
the finished work. Half hitching can

cover almost any shape by the adding
or decreasing of the number of hitches

used, giving a technique that knows no
bounds except your imagination.

3 Keep on making half hitches going right
round the object, until you arrive at the

first half hitch you made, then make a half
hitch through the bottom of that very first
hitch.
4 Continue to make half hitches through the

bottom of the previous row of hitches.
This continues until the object is covered.
5 If the object gets bigger, you may

increase the number of hitches by making
a double pair of hitches rather than just a
single hitch. If the object tapers
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(decreases in size), just skip one hitch.
6 Carry on hitching as usual after any
increase or decrease.

7 For quicker coverage a lazy strand may
be put in place and the half hitch made
round it as well as the previous row of
hitches,

8 A ship's bow fender being covered with
half hitches.

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