Page 227 - Barbara Merry - The Splicing Handbook

below). You want the knotting to look snug and tidy, but don’t strangle the

fender or it will end up being too stiff.

For the next row of needle hitching, and for all the rows after that, lead the

working end of one of the strands first down through a loop formed by the series
in the first row, using your fid to open the loop, then up and out through its own
bight (see art top of page 207). Continue making these new hitches, working
each strand around the fender in opposite directions, toward opposite ends. (You
can complete one end of the fender at a time.) Try to keep your hitches uniform
and snug.

You’ll need to add another strand when you start to run short. Unlay another
single strand from the length of ½-inch (12 mm) manila. Run the end of the new
strand under the work for a couple of rows and then out. When you’re ready to
begin working with the new strand, tuck the stubby end of the old strand under a