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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

3028. A TRI.-\~GULAR SINNET of nine strands. Thi~ ,,'as the first

EQl:lLATERAL T RIANGULAR SIN~ET to be made. It is easy to make and
I t. "builds" rapidly. Tie nine strands together, three ~"hite and six

colored strands. Hold in the left hand and extend the three white

strands over the back of the hand, arranging the six colored strands

regularly in the grasp of the hand. Take one of the single white

strands and lead it to the left down o,"er the next pair of lower

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strands and extend the pair that was just crossed. Rotate the struc-

ture a hundred and twenty degrees clockwise, which brings the

3028 next single white strand into position. Move this strand the same as

the previous one and extend two colored strands as before. Then

move the remaining single strand exai;t!y as the first strand was

worked, extending the remaining colored strands. There are now

three pairs of upper strands and three single lower strands.

Take the bottom or left strand from a convenient upper (colored)

pair and lead it to the right across the next single lower white strand

(see fifth illustration) and extend the single white strand. Now drop

the remaining member of that colored pair down into the grasp of the

hand. Move the structure a hundred and twenty degrt:es counter-

clockwise and repeat with the next set of strands. Repeat with the

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remammg set.

Start from the beginning and repeat. It will be found, when it is

time to work the pairs, that the two strands are arranged one above

the other. Each time, it is the lo~.:...'er strand of the pair that is led and

the remaining or upper strand of the pair is dropped inert, into the

hand, without making any crossing.

Although at first the method may prove a little confusing (prob-

ably due to the inert member of each of the pairs), it will be founQ

, to work very quickly and smoothly when once learned. The colored

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pairs form the edges of the finished sinnet and the white strands the

sides.
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3029. A TRIANGULAR SINNET of twelve strands is worked similarly.

302.S 302~ At the edges the colored strands are arranged in groups of three in-

stead of pairi. The sole difference in ,\'orking is that after the bottom

1 2 strand of a group of three has been crossed to the right and the

single white strand that was crossed has been extended, two remain-

ing strands are dropped into the grasp of the hand, instead of one.

3030. A TRIANGULAR SINNET of fifteen strands introduces a new

feature. The edge strands are worked as before, to the right, and the

white or side strands to the left. But in this sinnet there are two

white strands to each side group and they are worked similarly to

the edge strands. The white strand in the lower tier is crossed over

the opposing group of three colored strands, while the remaining

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white one is dropped into the grasp of the hand.

3031. A SQUARE SINNET with four groups instead of three, worked

in the same way. If four equal groups are used, the result is ordinary

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'3 o~ 2. SQUARE SINNET (~3ool). The number of strands at each point is in-

dicated on the diagrams. If there is a difference in the number of the

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two sets, the white strands are always the smaller in number.

3032. A ROUND or SIX-SIDED SINNET. This sinnet has six groups

of strands but the groups are even, having two strands each. If a con:

is used, this may be made with three strands to the group.

3033. A handsome SQUARE SINNET may be made with eight groups,

four being singular and pairs being introduced at the corners.

3034. A SQUARE SINNET. With three strands in each corner group,

a small core is indicated.

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