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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS
594. A THREE-BIGHT TURK'S-HEAD of any width may serve as a
LANYARD KNOT. The cord ends emerge at opposite ends of the knot
and cross each other as pictured. One end is led over the other and is
then rove through the center to the bottom of the knot; the other
end is brought out to the surface from under two parts.
The knot is shown here tied by the method elaborated upon in the
two previous pages, but several ways of tying a THREE-BIGHT TURK'S.
HEAD are given in Chapter 17, which may be found more expeditious.
595. A Two-BIGHT TURK'S-HEAD LANYARD KNOT with an odd
number of leads. Take a soda-fountain straw, or make yourself a
small tube of a tight roll of paper by pasting the edges down. Stick
one end of the cord through the tube. Take the long end that is left
outside, and wind it in a helix downward at a 45-degree angle, to
the right as pictured. When the desired length is reached wind it
upward to the right at an equal and opposite angle, all crossings being
over. Having crossed the first diagonal near the upper rim of the tube,
lead the cord downward again in a third diagonal (being careful not
to cross the parallel cord); all crossings up to this point are over. Now
turn up at the bottom to make a fourth diagonal, but this time tuck
under the first opposing diagonal, over the second, and so alternately
to the top, where the last tuck will be under the part that was first
turned down. A section of this is FOUR-STRAND ROUND (or SQUARE)
SINNET (~2994)' with one strand acting as a core.
596. MONKEY CHAIN LANYARD KNOT (~2868). This is the chain
stitch of crochet and is often seen on window-shade pulls. Follow the
diagrams, work the knot taut, and when long enough reeve the end
as in the second diagram, instead of a loop, for the final tuck.
597. A TRUMPET CORD or DOUBLE MONKEY CHAIN LANYARD KNOT.
Start this carefully by laying out the end as in the first diagram.
Thereafter a series of loops are thrust each one through the two
previous loops. When the knot is long enough the end is rove instead
of a loop. TRUMPET CORD is also shown elsewhere as ~2871.
598. A SQUARE Loop SINNET LANYARD KNOT. Make a NOOSE KNOT
as in the left upper diagram, and reeve a short bight through it as
shown by the arrow in the first diagram. Reeve another short bight
as shown in the second diagram, and then draw up the standing end
snugly as in the third diagram. Lead the working end around in a
591 right circle, tuckin a short bight down through each loop in turn
and tightening the oop as soon as a bight has been thrust through it
by pulling the material into the opposite loop. Keep the sinnet snug
as you progress. When the knot is long enough reeve an end instead
of a loop twice in succession (through one loop from each side).
Work the two ends fair, and they will be found identical.
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