The playwork book . length. Then take oneknotted end and slip the knot round a hookin the v^^all, not too high up; a curtain hookwill do very well, or any other knob or pro-jecting thing which will allow a very smallloop to slip off and on, and which will holdfirmly. Into the other end, at the knot,slip a pencil or pen-holder, and hold thestrand of strings or threads with the leftthumb and forefinger loosely, just beyondthe place the pencil is slipped into it, as inFigure 10. With the right hand first fingerhit the pencil round and round away fromyou, downwards, keeping it whirling sothat the
The playwork book . length. Then take oneknotted end and slip the knot round a hookin the v^^all, not too high up; a curtain hookwill do very well, or any other knob or pro-jecting thing which will allow a very smallloop to slip off and on, and which will holdfirmly. Into the other end, at the knot,slip a pencil or pen-holder, and hold thestrand of strings or threads with the leftthumb and forefinger loosely, just beyondthe place the pencil is slipped into it, as inFigure 10. With the right hand first fingerhit the pencil round and round away fromyou, downwards, keeping it whirling sothat the long strand becomes twisted. Donot hold too tight with the left hand, butbe sure to keep the strands taut from the 34 THE PLAYWORK BOOK hook where they are fastened. Keep onwhirling until the strand is twisted sotightly that it begins to go into kinks. Thenget somebody to catch the strand aboutthe middle, and keeping it carefully tautall the time walk round until you bring thepencil end up to the hook, and slip the. *S52SS5SS2S3SSSXS:^;^ ZZZ^Z22Z} Figs. 10 to from the pencil on to the take the pencil to where the strandis being held in the middle and slip it intothe doubled end, and holding it as tightlyas possible from the hook, as before, whirlthe pencil in the opposite direction, to-wards you, upwards, as in Figure 11. Thiswill make a beautiful cord. The pencil A SKIPPING ROPE 35 can be slipped out now, and the ends on thehook must be knotted together so that thecord will not unravel. This is called atwofold cord/ and it can be made in twocolors if you divide the length before thefirst twisting into two equal lengths of dif-ferently colored threads. A threefoldcord can be made in the same way, but itmust be folded into three different lengthsbefore the second twisting, and three dif-ferent colors may be introduced. A three-fold cord is much fuller and firmer than atwofold one. Cords can be made of woolor silk or any kind of thread, and must bemade of few
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