Page 160 - The Ashley Book of Knots

TWO-STRAND LANYARD KNOTS

832. With three side crosses, the knot raises first to eight and then

to thirteen crossings to the side.

830. With four side crosses, the knot raises first to nine and then

to fourteen crossings to the side.

833. With six side crosses, the knot raises first to eleven and then

to sixteen crossings to the side.

While platting these knots keep the top edge pinned securely on

the board.

834. A series of BOSUN'S KNOTS (A -+- I B) may be tied in a

lanyard by platting with loops as well as ends. This method is quite

the most expeditious way of making the knot.

The first to be discussed is the narrow knot in which the number

of crossings along the side exceeds the number of crossings in the

top by one, the number at the top being always odd. Arrange the 834

cord as pictured in the upper left diagram. The right or bight cord

between the knot that is being worked and any previous knot should

be long enough to tie half of one knot, plus the distance between two

knots. This is actually a bight between the two knots and will be

spoken of as "the bight." The unused length of the left or end

cord should equal merely the projected distance between two knots.

Take the left or end cord and make a SINGLE HITCH, as in the

upper left diagram. Then take a part of the right or bight cord,

allowing extra material for half the knot, and arrange as in the sec-

ond diagram (top right). After arranging the knot as in the second

diagram, make a hitch in the bight cord close to it and weave the

left side of the hitch from right to left, over, under, over. Then

arrange the cord in a rectangular form as in the third diagram.

Take a hitch in the end cord close to the knot and weave it as

before, over, under, over, and continue under, over. Repeat with the

bight cord. Each hitch in turn is tucked under and over once more

than the previous one. When the knot is large enough, tuck the end

cord singly to the left; do not tuck a hitch. This completes the 835

knot. The CHINESE KNOT is the smallest to be made by this method.

835. A wide BOSUN'S KNOT in which the number of crossings at

the top exceeds the number of crossings on a • .side by one and the

number of crossings at the top is always odd.

Take the right cord and make a SINGLE HITCH at some distance

from the previous knot, leaving the end at the bottom. Lay the left

cord under this hitch, and lead it to the right over the first-laid end.

The knot should now coincide with the first diagram. Proceed to

tuck alternate hitches over, under, etc., as in the previous knot; but

these hitches are tucked upward to the left instead of downward

to the left, as in the other knot. When the knot is of sufficient size,

tuck the working end instead of tucking a hitch. Each knot should

be worked snug and placed at the proper length in the lanyard be-

fore the next knot is commenced.

These knots are easily raveled by retracting the end and pulling

at the cords alternately.

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