Page 484 - The Ashley Book of Knots

CHAIN AND CROWN SINNErS

2883. This illustrates the FOUR-PEG or Loop KNOT doubled. Start

as ~ 2882, but with three turns around the pegs, and work in the 2.

manner described for ~ 2 879.

2884. A SPOOL SINNET that is made with one cord less than the

number of pegs and is worked counterclockwise. Tie the ends to-

gether and arrange as pictured. Note that the bottom cord has turned

two pegs. Lift the right bottom loop over the top of the peg and cast

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off to the center; next work the upper right peg, leading the cord

from 'peg 3, above the bight that is already at 2. Lift this bight and

cast it off over the top of the peg. Rotate the apparatus clockwise 288+

ninety degrees and lead the next cord likewise and cast off the bot-

tom loop over the top of the peg. Continue to rotate the apparatus

clockwise, working each cord in rotation. In appearance, this is about

the same as a sinnet of one strand, around four pins (~2882), but it is

a little fuller and it has the advantage of allowing several colors to be

used if they are wanted.

2885. This shows the samp method doubled, employing three

pegs and two cords only. I

2886. A SPOOL SINNET employing one more cord than the num-

ber of pegs. The strands are led clockwise and the sinnet also is 2.885" 2886

worked clockwise, the apparatus being rotated counterclockwise.

With three pins this will admit of the employment of four different

colors. It may be made double if wished. The cord marked I is

the first to be worked. 1

2887. The same method may be worked with two pegs and three

strands. This may be made on a fork and will give three colors, the

cross section being square. 2.881

The cross-sectional shapes of the Loop SINNETS are quite as well

defined as the cross sections of the PLATTED SINNETS which are to

follow.

2888. An EIGHT-SIDED Loop SINNET of two strands is more com-

pact than the SINGLE-STRAND EIGHT-SIDED SINNET (~2882) of similar

aspect. Each peg is worked in turn counterclockwise, the cord each

time being led from the opposite peg.

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2889. A SQUARE SINNET of four pegs made with round turns in-

stead of loops. Note that there are the same number of sides in the

completed sinnet as there are pegs; the previous SPOOL SINNETS have

had twice as many sides as pegs. This sinnet was first shown me by

Dean Longfellow: it is described in Volume III of Emmanuel Bocher's 2888

book on needlework. A considerable number of sin nets are to be

found in this work, but most of them are limited to the transposi-

tion of two strands at each move. In general, they ~avor somewhat

of crochet and interior decoration, lacking the crispness and severity

that is characteristic of sailors' work. This is to be expected, consid-

ering the purpose of the book, but it does not apply to all of the

sinnets that are included.

To make: Proceed as in ~ 2 878, except that a round turn is taken

in passing each pin. The cord is led rather loosely to the left, and the

spool is rotated counterclockwise. •