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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

3378. Ordirutry stopping consists of a number of round turns,

with the two ends tied together.

3379. The SQUARE or REEF KNOT is used to finish off a stopping.

3380. A rigger's stopping differs from a seizing only in having no

crossing turns. A layer of riding turns is added that is one less than

the number of under turns. Riding turns are put on only hand

taut; when the last one has been added the end is stuck down through

the initial eye between the two layers of turns, and up to the surface

under two turns. It is finished off either with a W ALL KNOT or an

OVERHAND KNOT, according to the size of the seizing stuff.

3381. The WALL KNOT is tied in the ends of small-stuff seizings.

3382. The OVERHAND KNOT is tied in spun yarn and marline seiz-

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3383. The fiat seizing has no riding tums. When sufficient lower

turns are taken the end is tucked down and brought up through the

eye. Crossing tums are taken and a FLAT KNOT (*3385) added.

3384. A seizing of small miff is started with an EYE SPLICE, tucked

3389 3 once only, and with the ends "trimmed long."

3385. The FLAT KNOT is used in finishing off small seizings; it is

sometimes wrongly called a SQUARE KNOT.

3386. A lanyard seizing passes around three parts of the rope. Two

sets of crossing turns are made with the two ends of the seizing and

are finished off between the parts of the lanyard with an OVERHAND

KNOT.

3387. A TWO-STRAND EYE SPLICE (* 2770) is used in starting a

marline seizing. The ends are tucked but once and are then buried

carefully under the turns of the seizing.

3388. The round seizing (I). This is the most common and practi-

cal seizing for general purposes. Make eight or ten lower turns

toward the eye. When the riders, one less in number than the

lower turns, have been added, the end is stuck down through the

.3381. initial EYE SPLICE and two crossin turns are added. The back uf the

knot is shown in the fourth and fth illustrations. Finally bring the

end up between the two crossing turns and under two turns and

finish off with a WALL KNOT, or if the seizing is of yarn or marline,

make an OVERHAND or else a FLAT KNOT (*3385).

3389. This knot, closely related to * 3385, has the loop underneath

and the end differently disposed.

3390. The SEIZING HITCH is often, wrongly, called CLOVE HITCH.

3391. The round seizing, finished off with a FLAT KNOT.

3392. A SEIZING KNOT that is shown by bhrvall in Om Knutar

is closely related to the FLAT KNOT (*3385).

3393. A stopping is often finished off in a way similar to a whip-

ping. This is not a very good stopping, although it does very well for

3384 3396 starting service. The ends of the eye are secured as in *3361.

3394. The rowzd seizing (2). Put on eight or ten turns, starting
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at the bottom. At the top, pass the end down underneath all turns to

the bottom again and stick it up through the EYE SPLICE. Add seven

or nine riders and stick the end down below the under turn. Add

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crossing turns and finish off with SEIZING HITCH 3390.

3395. Small seizings either with or without riders are commonly

finished off with the SEIZING HITCH (* 3390). Generally an OVER-

HAND KNOT is tied in the end.

3396. A wire EYE SPLICE is always served and seized. The turns are

started at the neck. When they have reached the thimble, the end

is shoved through from front to back, several of the last turns are

'crossed, and the end is rove through again, this time from back to

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