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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS
2521. Captain Albert Whitney, of Staten Island, made the accom-
panying lanyard of twelve small cords.
The ball was probably made first, and the six cords were mid died
and seized around it. Eight of these strands fonn a core for the Ian
yard.
The four remaining strands; are spaced evenly around the core and
two opposite ones are knotted together. Then the other pair is
knotted in the same direction with identical HALF KNOTS, They must
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be tied tightly and care exercised that the corkscrewin pairs are
evenly spaced ninety degrees apart. Each pair is knotted orty times
(the two pairs make eighty times) to form a section. Then the knots
are reversed and another section of eighty knots is made, which
helix in the opposite direction. The cord has twelve sections of this
helix, after which the end is finished off by dividing the twelve strands
into three parts. Two parts of four strands each are made up into
TWISTED BARS (#2494) and one into SOLOMON BAR #2496. Pre-
sumably this cord was intended for a bell lanyard.
2522. Directions are given for making the ball on page 568.
2523. A square knotted yoke rope is in the collection of the New
Bedford Whaling Museum, made over a two-inch cotton rope.
The top section is seized into the rudder yoke of a yawl boat or
gig. The round knob consists of a FIVE-LEAD, FOUR-BIGHT, EIGHT-
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PLY TURK'S-HEAD that is tied over a MANROPE KNOT.
2524. A section of EIGHT-STRAND SQUARE SINNET (~300 I) into
which the yoke rope is buttoned.
2525. The end of the yoke rope, which is tied into a MATI'HEW
WALKER KNOT, is tufted. Below this knot thirty-two strands of fish-
line are evenly seized around the rope. The Joint is covered with
TURK'S-HEAD ~2523.
2526. A FIVE-LEAD, FOUR-BIGl'!T, FOUR-PLY TURK'S-HEAD divides
the several sections.
2527. COACHWHIPPING or CROSS-POINTING (~ 302 2 ) of sixteen
leads, two-ply (thirty-two strands of fish line in all).
2528. Ten SOLOMON BARS. Two of them have a double warp, the
rest have single warps. There are thirty-two strands in all and sev-
enty HALF KNOTS in each of the SOLOMON BARS.
2529. Needlework (~3547) which resembles a ribbed stocking.
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2530. TWISTED or BANNISTER BARS of the same length, number and
size as ~ 2 528.
2531. EIGHT-LEAD, FOUR-PLY COACHWHIPPING. This section of
2.6 rope is moused (~3499) to make a good handle with which to steer.
Numbers 2527, 2529, and 2531 should be a little longer than #2528
and ~2530' The end is the same as ~2525.
2532. A window-shade or electric-light pull may be tied with an
of the bars shown on pages 400 and 40 I using two doubled cor s
5"2.2. for a loop, and finishing off with one of the tassels shown in Chapter
4 I.
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. ,. 6 2533. This is similar to the last except that a loop is fonned in the
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J ••• end, under the TURK'S-HEAD.
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..-, ." 25"" The lanyard is made of alternate sections of SOLOMON and BAN-
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NISTER BARS. A metal ring is ringbolt hitched (~3605) and secured
to the lanyard with a RING HITCH.
