Page 113 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

POLE-LASHING

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b ere is a very simple way to secure any number oflong objects together. It can keep
z H garden canes or tent poles tidy for storage so that you've always got the complete set!
llll:: Tied 'head-to-handle', it's surprising how many tennis, badminton or squash racquets can be
C> made to behave themselves.
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Arrange the cord in an 'S'
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I shape underneath, and close
to, the end of the objects to be
tied together.

Take one end of the cord
2 over the objects and down
through the bight that it was
directly opposite.

Bring the other end over
3 the objects and down
through the other bight.