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Making a Self Stopped Coil

1 Having made a plain coil
fold the short end back
on itself to make a bight

and start to wrap round
the whole of the coil trap¬
ping the bight under the

turns.
2 Make several turns round
the rope coil and tuck the
remaining short end

through the bight.
3 Push the turns tight up
against the tucked end.

4 Finished coil
5 A self stopped coil. The
turns made with the rope

end doubled to give a
hanging loop.
6 A coil of Z laid rope coiled

correctly and held
together with stoppings
of fine line.
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