Page 363 - The Ashley Book of Knots

THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

Some of the coverings that are to be shown may be used to cover

balls, knobs and cane heads; the rectangular ones can be used to

cover doorstops, book stops and aperweights. In general the draw-

ings indicate the logical shapes 0 the knots but the proportions are

capable of considerable molding and stretching.

2200. The MONKEY'S FIST. The first illustration shows the dia-

gram form of the regular MONKEY'S FIST. It may be noted that this

is also the diagram of the THREE-STRAND MANROPE KNOT, the THREE-

2.'2.00 STRAND DIAMOND KNOT, and the THREE-STRAND FOOTROPE KNOT.

All four of these have a regular alternate over-one-and-under-one

lead.

Ordinarily the knot is tied three-ply-that is, the lead has three

parallel parts; less often it has two and four pI . To simplify the

22.01 drawings the TWO-PLY KNOT is the one that is 0 ten illustrated even

when a THREE-PLY KNOT is described.

To tic: Start at the feather end of the arrow and make three com-

plete circles to the right. Deflect the rope or cord and make three

complete circles to the left, over the first circles. Tuck the end back,

under the first circles, and continue to tuck, over, under, over, under,

until the third set of three circles is complete. Insert a core if desired

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or draw up without one. With three-ply the core is optional but

with four-ply it is required.

2201. A second method for tying the same knot. Make three left-

hand circles each inside the previous one. The second cycle starts

with the inside circle and spirals outward, and the third one likewise.

In both KNOTS ~2200 and ~2201 the ends appear on the surface

diagonally opposite each other, at either end of one of the parts.

2202. The sailor commonly makes the knot around the fingers of

his left hand. He takes three turns around the fingers, the middle

finger and the ring finger being slightly separated. He then adds

three more turns at right angles to the first three turns and through

the two fingers that were separated. The final three turns are wound

outside the second three turns and inside the first three turns. The

2'2.03 knot is worked taut around a large marble, rubber ball or whatever

is handy. It should be pounded smooth with a mallet. The sailor's

way of finishing off is to side splice the end of the rope to the stand-

ing part about a foot from the knot, and to put on a seizing close

up to the knot. The s lice is also whipped near the end. This does

not differ from KNOT 2201.

2203. As the MONKEY'S FIST is based on a diagram of three inter-

22.00 locked circles it seemed probable that other knots could be tied on

2.2. 0 J diagrams of one, two, and four circles. A five-circle diagram did not

2.1.02. promise much as it has two five-sided compartments which seem too

open to be practical.

2.'2.06 A single circle was tried which produced SINGLE, DOUBLE, TRIPLE,

and QUADRUPLE OVERHAND KNOTS in a napkin-ring form. Number

2204, of two circles, gives two interlocked rings. Number 2205 is

the regular three-circle diagram, giving the MONKEY'S FIST that has

2..2.0'5 been already described; and ~ 2206 makes a very satisfactory and

much larger knot on four interlocking circles.