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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

1345. Start at pin 1 and round pins in the same order as KNOT

\ ~ 1342 until the last, when pin 31 is rounded instead of 2.

;. \ Having completed the first circuit, tuck over and under until a

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I Two-LEAD KNOT is completed.

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I 1345 1346. To raise ~ 1345 to a larger size continue with over-and-un-

der contrary to the parallel lead.

I With an odd number of leads, the smallest knot is 3L X 7B.

/ / 1347. Having rounded pin 31, continue over at all crossings until

the second circuit is completed at pin 30. The following tuck is

over and thereafter all crossings are contrary to the adjacent parallel

lead.

B 1348. Raise to larger size by continuing with over-alld-under con-

trary to the parallel lead.

All knots termed even are completed each time the number of

leads is even; all knots termed odd are completed each time the num-

ber of leads is odd.

Condensed Directions for the Knots 011 This Page and tbe Preceding

One

To make a NARROW TURK'S-HEAD on a diagram consisting of a

single staggered line:

If the number of leads is to be even, with either Start HA" or HB,"

the second circuit is alternately over and under. To raise such a knot

to larger size, the over-and-under is contrary to the established

parallel lead.

If the number of leads is to be odd, with either Start HA" or "B,"

all is over until two parallel leads are to be crossed. Cross these with

over-and-under contrary to the established parallel lead. To raise

such a knot to larger size, continue with alternate over-and-under.

\ A knot starting with an odd number of leads always raises to an

, odd number of leads. A knot starting with an even number of leads

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always raises to an even number of leads.

) 1 The three varieties of enlargement that have been given, SQUARE,

11347 I WIDE and NARROW, are convenient and comparatively simple to

J J work. There are, however, considerable gaps between these three

I in which lie knots of other proportions. The several methods that

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will now be given fit into these gaps, although they by no means fill

them. They serve, however, to show that while it is possible to carry

the method farther, it is scarcely practical. The method tends to

become elaborate and involved, so that beyond these it will probably

be found easier to tie absent knots by one of the several direct

methods that are to be given.

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