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61 decorate such instruments, it is commenced w ith an
Sometimes called a drummer's plait when it was used to
overhand (or thumb) knot except that one side is a bight,
Chain Plait not an end, Figs 1 and 2.
Thereafter it is simply a question of raising bight through
bight, Figs 3 and 4, for the required length of plait which
is then finished off by reeving the end through the last
bight as can be seen in the completed work, Fig 5.
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