Page 11 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

MATERIALS

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c he properties of a rope are determ.ined and jute, leaves of agave (sisal) and abaca
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a: (hemp), fi brous coconut shells (coir), silk,
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z as well as by the way in w hich the rope has wool, camel, and even hun1an hair, have all
been constructed. been used.
Un til the twentieth century, all rope was W hile these natural fibres are attractive,
made of vegetable fibre, which came from a they do have th eir drawbacks. When wet,
variety of sources: plants stems, such as flax natural-fibre ropes swell, and consequently

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