Page 368 - The Ashley Book of Knots

THE MONKEY'S FIST AND OTHER KNOT CO\TERINGS

over one and under one. Take each strand in turn and do likewise.

Tuck as many tiers as wished. When the length is sufficient take an

end and stick it in parallel with the 0 posite end. If the over-an -

under arrangement is not correct, stic it in beside the next j'trll1ld

to the left or right, whichever one of the two appean most con-

venient, Tuck all strands in regular order until the whole knot has

been doubled or tripled. Scatter the ends so that the final tucks are

not all in the same neighborhood. Work the knot taut and cut the

ends off short.

An ovate object-an egg, for instance-can be covered in this way,

working both ways from the center and crowning both ends in

exactly the same way.

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2225-31. Seven additional diagrams are given here from \vhich to

choose; others may be (ound in Chapter [0.

2232. A disk-shaped covering makes a particularly smart knot.

The underlying block in thickness should be about one third the

width. I ha\'e used this one on a centerboard pendant. Bore a hole

halfway through the wooden core, large enough to take a STOPPER -
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2233. To cover a wooden cylindrical toggle with a THREE-BIGHT

TURK's-HEAD. This may be done with any number of leads. If the

number of leads is divisible by four the toggle rope will enter the

::ylinder at a center compartment in line 'u)ith a rim crossing. If the

number of leads is divisible by two but not by four (six, ten, etc.)

the toggle rope must enter the cylinder at a center compartment that

is in li7le with the center of a rim bight. To tie, see the chapter on

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TURK's-HEAos. The illustration gives an EIGHT-LEAD, THREE-BIGHT

TURK'S-HEAD.

2234. A toggle with a square cross section is a little more com-

plicated. If the rope is to enter at the center of a side, either a four-

cycle diagram is needed (a MULTI-STRAND KNOT) or the bights at

either end must run parallel with the rim as shown here. The illustra-

cion gives a TEN-LEAD, FOUR-BIGHT TURK'S-HEAD.

2235. A cylinder may be covered with any width FOUR-BIGHT

TURK'S-HEAD if the toggle rope is to enter the core at the end. (See

TURK's-HEAD chapter.)

2236. If the rope is to enter at the end of a stick that has a square

cross section, a FOUR-BIGHT KNOT may be tied with a single cord, so

that the bights cross the corners of the ends diagonally. To do this

a TURK's-HEAD must be tied in which the number of leads is a

multiple of t'Wo, but not of four. The cord must be deflected once

as pictured, as a TURK'S-HEAD in which the number of leads and the

number of bights have a common divisor may not be tied regularly

with one cord. The stick pictured is covered with a SIx-LEAD, FOUR-

BIGHT TURK'S-HEAD.

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