Page 36 - Peter Owen - Knots

Loops

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1HRI"'0(0 Loops are made to be dropped over an object, unlike
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hitches, which are made directly arollnd the object and-
follow its shape. They are knots formed by folding back

the end of a rope or Line into an eye or loop and OWl

fastening it to its standing part so that the knot is fixed

and does /lot move, Sailors find loops, especially the

bowline, indispensable.

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