The playwork book . Fig. 93. Take a strong thin string and fasten it witha tight loop over the end of the first reed,turn it down and round the lower cross-spar, and then up and around the upper A CANOE 111 one, and lay in the next reed, and so the first row of lashings is done layon the second pair of crossbars, and ifthere is any difficulty about lashing thestring a large darning-needle may help you,but if the lashing is done in the right direc-tion this is not needful. If a mast is want-ed, a reel, or a cork with a hole in it, maybe lashed down to the raft as in the dia-gram, and th
The playwork book . Fig. 93. Take a strong thin string and fasten it witha tight loop over the end of the first reed,turn it down and round the lower cross-spar, and then up and around the upper A CANOE 111 one, and lay in the next reed, and so the first row of lashings is done layon the second pair of crossbars, and ifthere is any difficulty about lashing thestring a large darning-needle may help you,but if the lashing is done in the right direc-tion this is not needful. If a mast is want-ed, a reel, or a cork with a hole in it, maybe lashed down to the raft as in the dia-gram, and the mast can be set firmly intothis. ACANOE Materials Required :— Some cheap cloth or shelving, some **basketrycane, soft string or fine tape, scissors, penknife, alarge strong needle. The best material for this is thin shelv-ing cloth and it must be made at least. Fig. inches long. Double your shelvingcloth, and outline on it the pattern of the 112 THE PLAYWORK BOOK side of the canoe, which should be cut inbrown paper; this must be quite straightat the upper sides, not curving as it ap-pears in the drawing. La}^ the paper pat-tern with the hne of the bottom of the ca-noe at the fold of the oilcloth. Now taketwo long pieces of cane, such as is used forbasket-work, and with a large needle, andvery thick thread, lash each length of canealong the outsides of the boat from end toend, keeping the shiny side of the cloth out-wards. A short thick tapestry needle isbest, and the lashing must be steady andeven, but if it is difficult to stitch throughthe cloth an awl or pricker can be used tomake the holes before beginning to take another piece of cane and bendabout one inch at one end and lash thisbent portion to the side of the boat aboutone-third of the way along the gunwalewhere it is already lashed, and lash it overfirmly to thi
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