Page 318 - Geoffrey Budworth, Jason Dalton "The Little Book of Incredibly Useful Knots"
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Diagonal lashing
This lashing is “diagonal” because it binds and braces poles that cross on a diagonal, whatever
their angle of intersection, and that would otherwise tend to spring apart. The diagonal lashing
could replace a square lashing (see pages 264–265), but a square lashing cannot be used instead of
a diagonal one.
Start with a timber hitch (see page 148) tied around the two spars and tightened to pull them
together (1). Then take three turns around at right-angles to the initial knot (2), and a further
three turns at right-angles to these (3). Make a couple of frapping turns, taken between the spars,
to further tighten the lashing (4, 5). Finish off with a clove hitch (see page 150) (6).
