Page 340 - The Ashley Book of Knots

OCCASIONAL KNOTS

2032. Beads ordinarily are strung with OVERHAND KNOTS of vari-

ous sizes. The Chinese are said to employ a worm to carry a thread

through a crooked hole. Where a thread is large for the hole, it is

possible to splice a smaller one to the end of the larger one (~2681)

by scraping both ends; then the smaller one is rove first and the

larger one is dragged through after it. The splice should be waxed

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before stringing the beads.

If the hole is large, as is often the case with wooden beads, a single

cord may still be used by increasing the size of the knot. A large

knot of the kind shown here adds very much to the decorative

effect of the beads. The knot is formed loosely by interlocking two

OVERHAND KNOTS. The first OVERHAND is drawn up snugly, close to

the bead, and the second OVERHAND KNOT, shown by the single line , \ ,

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arrow, is next pulled tight. The result outwardly resembles a Two-

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STRAND MATTHEW WALKER KNOT. ( \ .......

2033. An ordinary way of lacing a shoe is pictured here. On the 2.032.

surface, the parts lead horizontally, and on the underside diagonally,

similar to ~ 2036. I, ,

2034. Perhaps the more common way is this, in which the parts are

diagonal on the surface and horizontal on the underside, and are led

similarly to ~
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S. R. Ashley laces her skating and ski boots with two short strings

on each boot. The method saves much loosening and tightening and

allows of a much nicer adjustment at different parts of the lacing

(shown as ~2033 and ~2034). 7 ... 6

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2035. The method shown here is designed to do away with the 8''\

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tying of lacings. The fact that there is very little pull on the bottom

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parts of a lacing makes the method practicable. The strings are led I I

from top to bottom, the reverse of ~ 2034. The lace is led in regular I

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over-and-under tucks in the order marked on the drawing. The \

ends may be led under the loop at top between 6 and 7. After \11 2 J

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the lacings are tightened (from top to bottom) the ends are tucked \ .I

out of sight under the shoe tops. It is particularly neat, but will ~~O l' 12-

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prove uncomfortable unless the metal tips are cut off. A buttonhook ~l • ..... " "'11

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will be of assistance in tightening.
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2036. The concealed-end "horizontal lace" is preferred by many. I J ,
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It was shown to me by Bruce McRae. The string is rove in the order 7 I

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marked on the illustration. A football is laced in much the same J\ q. 12..03& ,

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manner, a buttonhook being used for tightening. \ ' I I \
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2037. A method of lacing the cuffs of riding breeches was shown \9 "10 I f'

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to me by my brother, Burton M. Ashley. The long diagonals allow a.o31,

considerable elasticity. All the parts on the underside are led verti- ]\ VI ~~
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cally. ~1 0

2038. A lacing with a cross-gartered effect.

2039. Ski and skating boots may be laced so that no cord crosses

in contact with the instep. z.o~ 3

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