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Fig. 57 



Wall knot begun 



Wall knot. — When a small knob on the end of a rope is desirable, or 

 when such a knob is not objectionable and a quick and secure method of 



fastening the 

 strands is need- 

 ed, the wall knot 

 may be used. 



This is made 

 according to the 

 following direc- 

 tions: Unlay the 

 rope for five or 

 ten inches or 

 more, depending 

 on the size. 

 Holding the rope 

 in the left hand 



with the loose strands up, take any strand, as No. i, lay it down and across 

 the rope with the end toward the right, and hold it in place with the left 

 thumb as shown in Fig. 56. Take the next strand to the right, No. 2, 

 and pass it around the end of No. i as shown by the arrow in Fig. 56. 

 Before releasing No. 2 take the left thumb off No. i and use it to hold 

 No. 2 as in Fig. 57. Strand No. 3 is now to be passed around the end of 

 No. 2 and up through the loop of No. i, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 

 57 and as shown in Fig. 58. The knot should next be tightened 

 by pulling all of the strands, one after the other, until it appears 

 as in Fig. 59. The last steps are to pull the strands closely 

 together in the center, roll the knot toward the end of the rope to 

 hold them, and 

 cut the strands 3 

 sufficiently long 

 to insure their 

 not pulling back. 

 Crowning is 

 a very neat, ] 

 secure, and per- 

 manent method 

 of fastening the 

 strands of a rope 

 when a slight 

 enlargement of 



the end is not an objection. This is done in the follo\ving manner: 

 Unlay the rope for five to ten inches or more, according to the size. 



Fig. 59 



Wall knot completed 



Fig. 60 



