Page 77 - Des Pawson "Pocket Guide to Knots & Splices"

Pocket Guide to Knots & Splices

1 Make a bight in the whipping twine and

wrap round the base of the bight. There
should be a short tail coming out from
under the binding.

2 Continue to make tight turns round the
rope, working up toward the end of both
the bight and the rope.

3 When the wrapped turns of the whipping
twine form a long enough whipping, pull
extra tight. There should still be a bight
sticking out of the whipping.

4 Tuck the working end of the whipping
twine through the bight.

5 Keeping tension on the working end of
the whipping twine, pull the short tail so
as to trap the working part.
6 By pulling very hard on the tail the

trapped working part will be pulled into
the middle of the whipping.
7 Trim the ends of the whipping and the

rope.
8 The finished whipping.

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