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On completing the turns, form a half hitch around both rope parts, which

will also help to hold the turns tight. Now add a second layer of turns.
Known as riding turns, these should be applied only hand tight so that
they do not cut down into the lower layer, and thus they will leave a
neater finish. Apply two fewer riding turns than for the first layer, so that
they do not slip off the ends. Take the last riding turn up through the two
parts of the rope, through the eye to the front, and take two or three
frapping turns (see page 87) around the seizing, pulling these tight. To

finish this knot, take two half hitches around both parts of the frapping
turns.

Round sennit (four-stranded): the easiest to make of the round sennits,
this makes an ideal lanyard or pull cord. Any number of strands can be
used, four being the minimum.

Begin by seizing all four strands together at the top, then cross opposite
pairs as follows. Starting with the strand to the right, pass this between its
neighbours and behind the strand on the left. Now take that strand to the

right, between its original neighbours. Take the top strand through its
neighbours and to the right of the bottom strand, bringing that strand
through its original neighbours to emerge at the front. For the next series
of passes, again begin with the strand on the right, pass it through its
neighbours, but in front of the strand on the left, taking that strand
between its original neighbours to emerge on the right. Take the front
strand, pass it through its neighbours to the left of the bottom strand,

pulling that strand back to the top. All four strands are now back on the
sides they started from, and the plait can be repeated (figure 106). The
sennit can be finished with a decorative knot when you reach the required
length.