ROPE WORK 



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Fig. 325. Square, or reef knot. 



The end is the part used in leading the rope, as D in the 



figure. 



A loop is made by crossing the sides of a bight, as C. 



KNOTS 



The square, or reef, knot is one of the commonest knots 



used in tying together 



ends of ropes or cords. It 



is the knot that can best 



be used in bandaging or 



in tying bundles. It does 



not slip and is quite easily untied. In tying the square 



knot, the ends are crossed, bent back on themselves, and 



crossed again, making the outside loop pass around both strands 



of the opposite end. As usually tied both ends are on one 



side as shown in Fig. 325. Then it will not slip. 



The Granny, or False Reef, Knot. If the ends of the rope 



are crossed finally in the wrong direction, the result is not 



the true square knot but 

 what is known as the 

 granny or false reef knot, 

 as shown in Fig. 326. This 

 knot, when compared with 



the true reef knot, illustrates the first principle of knots. 



It is not a good knot, and is given to explain this principle. 

 The sheet bend or weaver's knot is universally used 



by weavers in tying together two ends of threads and yarns, 



Fig. 326. Granny knot, or false reef. 



Fig. 327. Sheet bend, or weaver's knot. 



