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Natural rope: all the kinds of cordage made from natural vegetable fibre,

including coir, hemp, jute, Manila, raffia and sisal.

Needle and palm whipping or sewn whipping: the palm refers to a
leather guard worn around the hand and which is used to push the
needle through the rope. Sewn whipping by needle and palm is both
permanent (it will not slip off the end) and tidy.

figure 94.1

figure 94.2

Start by anchoring the end of the twine with a couple of stitches through
the rope. Pass turns around the rope, working towards the working end,
but make sure that they are both tight and snug to each other. When you
have made sufficient turns (we suggest that together, they should be

equal to the diameter of the rope) pass the needle through a strand at
the top of the rope (figure 94.1) and work the twine back over the turns
so that it lies in a natural groove between two strands of the rope. Stitch
though the next strand at the bottom of the whipping, and take the