Page 493 - The Ashley Book of Knots

THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

2940. WALL SINNET. This is sometimes seen, but stretchf's so

easily that it is scarcely practical unless it has a core. An old sample

of this with a core is shown on the becket of the second bag lanyard,

among the frontispieces.

2941. This shows the sinnet with a single strand serving as core.

This will take care of the stretch, but all the strain is on the core.

2942. With two groups of strands alternately walled the sinnet

is larger, handsomer, stronger and has little tendency to stretch.

2943. A netting 1leedle is a practical tool for making a sinnet that

builds very rapidly. But it may be tied either with the netting neetlle

or with the fingers alone. The needle is preferable if any consider-

able length is to be made, or if the material is small. Sew over and

over, or under and under, through the last loop made, and draw

up carefully and evenly. The result is a nicely rounded helix.

2944. The same sinnet, with the needle thrust through two loops

each time instead of one, bulks larger and has a better appearance.

2945. The same sinnet with the needle thrust through three loops

at each operation. This would seem to be about the practical limit

of the sinnet, which, il'l this size, resembles left-laid rope. Draw up

the next to the last stitch after each passage.

2946. A FIGURE-EIGHT CHAIN. This does not seem to have much

merit, but it is always given in books on the subject. A netting

needle is the best tool for the purpose. Start with the top of the

design and tuck through the bottom bights of the figure eights al-

ternately down through the left bight and up through the right

bight.

2947. The same diagram is perhaps more often workea down

through the right and down through the left, which makes a regular

over-one-and-under-one design.

2948. An elaboration of the FIGURE-EIGHT design makes an effec-

tive FLAT SINNET. This should be done with a netting needle and

drawn up after each stitch. The cycle of this is down through two

bights and down through two other bights.

2949. A ROUND SINNET may be made on the same diagram. The

cord is led down through two bights on the right and up through

two bights on the left. The resulting sinnet superficially resemble~

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