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Appendix:

Soft Shackle

Illustrations by Margaret Wilson-Briggs

Form a Wall Knot with the strand
ends. The diagonal line at the center
is the seizing. This and the rest of the
instructions for this button are for a
two-strand version of Ashley’s 880
(see page 90).

Start with a six-foot long piece
of ⁄16-inch Spectra/Dyneema sin-
3
gle-braid rope, like New England’s
Endura 12. Middle the rope, and
pass one end through the rope, to
form an eye that fits loosely around
two diameters of the rope. Seize the
ends together with a Double Con-
strictor, about 18-inches from their
ends. The finished Wall Knot

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