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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

933. Here begin the SIX-STRAND KNOTS, which may be tied in a

six-strand rope, in the two ends of a three-strand rope, in the six

outer strands of a cable, or in the ends of a SIX-STRAND SINNET.

As a six-sided center compartment is too open to form a practical

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knot, there is no regular wall and crown form in six strands to be

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gIven.

This diagram form is similar to the crown of the SPRITSAIL SHEET

KNOT, with the addition of a triangle at each end, which makes a

'134 somewhat longer knot. When doubling, follow below the lead.

Don't tighten the two long lines of the crown too hastily.

934. By adding triangles to the sides instead of to the ends of the

SPRITSAIL SHEET KNOT crown diagram, a compact ellipse is formed.

935. With triangles, at both sides and ends, the ellipse is length-

ened.

936. A particularly handsome knot with a flat top.

937. A MELON SEED shape: to be worked as flat as convenient.

938. With the crown tied to the left on top of a right wall, the

knot is completely changed, being narrow and tall, and somewhat

like a military hat of the French Revolution.

939. Similar to ~936, but more nearly circular.

940. A PUMPKIN SEED, wider than MELON SEED '#937.

941. A HALF-ROUND KNOT that is crowned to the left after being

walled to the right. The lead is more satisfactory if followed on the

right side.

942. A neat CIRCULAR KNOT.

943. A TRIANGULAR KNOT that was doubled, and the lead followed

on the outside.

944. The same diagram as the last, but crowned to the left and not

doubled. This treatment accents the triangular form.

945. The same diagram as the last with the addition of triangular

compartm6nts at the side centers. After being doubled, the basic

triangular form is nearly lost and a well-rounded KNOB results.

946. An attempt to make a HALF-ROUND KNOT.

947. A very regular KNOB shape.

948. A KIDNEY BEAN shape.

949. TOGGLE-SHAPED.

950. Here begin the SEVEN-STRAND KNOTS. Take a SIX-STRAND

SINNET and temporarily seize an extra strand of other material to the

stem, tie the knot and double it, then replace the odd strand with the

convenient end of a regular strand.

If the knot is tied in a sinnet of eight strands, make one cycle of

the diagram with two parallel strands employed as a unit. This leaves

six strands to be doubled in the usual way.

951. A SEVEN-STRAND QUARTER-ROUND KNOT, which in shape re-
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sembles a wedge of pie.

952. The HEART. It is hardly necessary to name a knot, but it

assists materially in finding it a second time if the occasion arises.

953. The GRASSHOPPER.

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