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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

2506. ZIGZAG BARS. Three working cords are doubled and secured

to the foundation cord. The leader or 'Warp zigzags the whole length

of the structure and the 'Working or knotting threads are tied to it

with CLOVE HITCHES. A line of knots staggers right and left down

the length of the structure.

2507. INTER1WINED BARS. Three strands are doubled and secured

to .the foundation. The two center ones are employed as leaders. The

outside ones are turned inward and each is clove hitched to the near-

est leader. The four working strands are then crowned as illus-
.. trated and, continuing in the same diagonal in which they were

started, are clove hitched again, but to the opposite leaders, which

have been turned inward. The leaders are now at the center, where

they are clove hitched to each other as shown in the lower drawing.

After this the same figure is repeated until the structure has the

desired length.

2.5'06 2508. A BEADED BAR starts the same as the ZIGZAG BAR (~2506),

but several bars are made parallel and close to each other, and one

cord serves as a leader for only one diagonal, after which the next

cord becomes the leader.

2509. OPPOSED BARS. The illustration shows two parallel BEADE()

BARS tied in close contact. Six doubled strands are employed and are

divided into two units, the right unit being tied the reverse of the

left.

When two BEADED BARS have been tied in both halves, the right

leader is clove hitched around the left and the two leaders cross to

opposite sides. The BEADED BARS are made as before, but in such way

that a DOUBLE BAR zigzags down each half of the pattern.

2510. A JAPANESE KNOT that was tied with several SOLOMON

2S0~ KNOTS (~2496).

25 10 Two cords are doubled and laid parallel. At the center they are

doubled, forming two bights and four parallel strands. The outer

ends of the two bights are square knotted around the two center

strands. After this knot is tied the two working strands are formed

into the large circle and remain inactive while the other two ends

that served as leaders for the first SQUARE KNOT are each half hitched

to one side of the circle and then tied together in a SQUARE KNOT at

the center. They then are each half hitched again to the side of the

circle. Having completed this, they are brought to the center as

leaders and the ends which form the large circle are square knotted

around them.

2511. This tassel from a gangway fender was one of a pair. It was

made of white painted sash cord, and is the only thing of the sort

that I have ever seen. It is sailor work and was found in the Boston

Antique Shop. The end bears a TURK'S-HEAD tassel.

2512. A knot shown by Bocher. It is built up of several TRUE-

LOVER'S KNOTS, and only the two wings suggest square knotting.

First tie the top and center TRUE-LoVER'S KNOTS without any inter-

lacement. Then cross the loop tips at either side and pin out on a

board. After this tie the lower HALF KNOT of the lower TRUE-

LOVER'S KN.OT, reeve the ends as pictured, tie the upper half of the

TRUE-LoVER'S KNOT and stick the ends down through the lower half.

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