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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

2249. A LONG BASKET \VEAVE Kl\OT. Arrange the knot as pIctured

in the upper left diagram, with a long neckband and a short lower

left end. The two corners of a short side are united with a loop at the

top, and by the method a series of knots can be tied into a lanyard.

Loops from the two different parts at the upper left corner are

tucked alternately until the knot is completed by tucking the single

end. A bight is added to both sides each time a loop is brought to

the lower corner. The number of side bights is one greater than the

number of top bights and the number of top bights is always even.

KNOT 'II: 2 246 on the previous page ties every possible knot of the

BASKET WEAVE variety in which there is a strand at each of the four

corners and in which'there is one more bight at the side than at the

end.

l'vIethods 'II: 2 248 and 'II: 2 249 tie all possible BASKET WEAVE KNOTS
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of a single cord in which the length equals the width plus, or minus,

one. The loop in these lanyards is always on the side with the even

number of bights.

2250, A knot of one cord in which both ends depart at the bottom

corners and the number of the top and side parts is equal. The knot

is increased by one bight on each side, per operation. Successive

bights are tucked from the upper left corner only, while the lower

left end and the right upper end are held inert. Start as in the left

diagram and tuck successive bights or turns. When the size waRted is

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,,' reached, tuck the end instead of a bight as shown in the right dia-

gram. The eye, shown at the top of this knot, is seized in after the

knot is finished, if required.

2251. A knot of the BASKET WEAVE variety in which a single cord

2.~S"O enters at one corner and departs at the diagonally opposite corner.

Tie a FIGURE-EIGHT KNOT, then tuck the lower end diagonally up-

ward, above and parallel to its own part. In regular over-and-under

sequence tuck a turn from the second end under the first end and

22.5" , downward diagonally to the right across the knot in regular and

contrary over-and-under sequence between the two parallel parts

leading from the other end. Repeat this with loops from alternating

ends as many times as may be desired. When the size wanted is

reached, tuck either end across the knot singly, which completes the

knot.

2252. To tie a knot in which the cord enters and leaves the knot

at the two lower corners and in which the number of top bights

is one greater than the number of side bights: First tie a CLOVE

HITCH and stick the left bight through the right bight and arrange

as pictured in the left diagram, with both ends at the left. Form a

loop with the upper left end and tuck it diagonally down to the lower

right as pictured. Tuck another loop from the same upper left end

cord in the same way. When the size wanted is reached, tuck the

end singly as pictured in the right diagram, which completes the

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knot.