Page 210 - The Ashley Book of Knots

DOUBLE- AND MULTIPLE-LOOP KNOTS

1105. A FOUR-LooPED KNOT with a DOUBLE SQUARE CROWN at the

center. A cord is arranged with five loops, one of which consists of

the two ends knotted together. The two ends are disregarded and

the four loops are crowned to the right. The knot is carefully faired

and crowned a second time, this time to the left.

1106. If the three snug loops or bights present at the three outer

corners of 'Ii 1105 are extended the knot will have seven loops.

1107. A decorative DOUBLE Loop KNOT is based on SINGLE-STRAND I' 04

BUTTON 'li600. A cord is laid out as pictured in the center, and when

it has been tied the loops are pulled down as shown by the upper left

and lower right arrows, while the ends are extended as shown by the

upper right and lower left arrows. Draw up methodically and mold

the knot into the flat form pictured.

1108. If KNOT 'Ii 1107 is worked into a round shape it will resemble

closely the KNIFE LANYARD KNOT ('Ii 787 ), except that it will have

two loops instead of one.

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1109. A somewhat larger knot is worked in the same way. The

knot is pinned out and tied, the two bights are pulled downward to

fOIm the loops and the two ends are lifted.

1110. The THEODORE KNOT is a single-strand adaptation of the

SAILOR'S DIAMOND KNOT ('li693) which is tied with four strands.

Cowboys have employed the knot as a hack am ore or emergency

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bridle. According to Philip Ashton Rollins, the method originated

in the South American pampas and worked its way, via Mexico, to

our Southwestern cow country, arriving there soon after the conclu-

sion of the Spanish-American War. When Theodore Roosevelt, "the

hero of San Juan Hill," visited the Southwest, shortly after the war,

it was a foregone conclusion that the Spanish name "Fiador" would

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be corrupted to "Theodore" in his honor.

To tie: Double a rope, then redouble it. Hold it in hand with the

two ends and the single bight uppermost and stop it a little below

half length. Then turn down the single bight from the top. Put a

second stop above the first around the structure as it stands.

Turn up the last-laid loop in a right diagonal and tuck the two

~ingle ends downward through them as pictured. Next, reeve the

cwo single ends upward and to the right, moving the left one first

and tucking it through the top bight of the left leg of the loop that

was first tucked. Then tuck the remaining end through the next

bight to the right. Cut the second stop and tighten the knot, then

remove the first stop.

The knot may be very simply and easily tied by using a clue. Take

two long cords of different color, middle them and seize them with
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the four ends uppermost and the colors alternating. Tie a SAILOR'S

DIAMOND KNOT ('li693). Leaving it quite loose, bend any two ad-

jacent ends of different color together. Take a long cord of the

permanent material and with it follow the lead of the first knot.

Finally remove the first knot, and there will remain a THEonoRE

KNOT.

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