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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS
2900. A sinnet of three strands and one loop. Revolve the sinnr r
clockwise, stick a bight from each strand in turn. After the bight i~
stuck the previous bight is tightened around it, and then a bight from
the next strand ahead is shoved through the new bight.
2901. With four strands the sinnet is made in the same manner.
The four strands are tied together and a hitch or NOOSE formed in
one. After the bight of the next strand to the right is stuck through
this the first loop is drawn up and tightened and the sinnet continued.
2902. An irregular TRIANGULAR SPOOL SINNET from Bocher. It; is
effective and pleasing. Two of the sides are alike. There are two
strands and but one loop in evidence at one time. Middle the cord
and make a NOOSE at the center, arrange as in the illustration and
lead a bight from each cord in alternation up through the other loop.
The two strands are worked in the same manner, the loop has the
same face up and both ends are always on the left side.
2903. This is a crocheting stitch from Caulfield and Saward's Dic-
tionary of Needlework, where it is termed "double foundation." Com-
mence with a TOM FOOL'S KNOT and stick a loop of the working
end from the left through both loops of the knot. Then take another
loop from the working end and lead it to the right, tuck it forward
through the bight that lies between the two loops of the original
TOM FOOL'S KNOT and through the last-laid loop at the right. It
should be led exactly as pictured, after which the previous bight or
loop should be tightened, and another one added in exactly the same
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way.
2904. This sinnet was accidentally discovered while working fO!
something quite different, an unusual event. The method is so obvi-
2.9 02. ous that it would be strange if it has not been made before. The cross
section is a neat oblong and is the only Loop SINNET I know of that
shape. Single bights from the left and right sides are stuck alternately
through both loops, and the second loop that was stuck through is
tightened before the bight is stuck from the other side.
The narrow dimension of the oblong is lengthwise of the two
loop~, which is rather unexpected.
This completes the CHAIN or Loop SINNETS and brings us to the
CROWN SINNETS. A CROWN is a knot of a number of strands in which
each strand in regular turn passes over an adjacent strand and under
the bight of another. A HALF KNOT of two strands is the smallest
CROWN possible.
In the upper left corner of the next page is illustrated a RIGHT HALF
KNOT and in the upper right corner of the page is illustrated a LEIT
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HALF KNOT. This is in agreement with the CROWNS shown in #29 ,
#2912, and #2913.
2905. A CROWN of two strands, made of alternating LEFT and
RIGHT HALF KNOTS. This is often used on a decorative cord and it
