. St. Nicholas [serial]. 3. FOR TYING BUNDLES. pie twist, from a knot that comes untied withprovoking readiness to one that tightens itselfand becomes only more difficult to untie whenpressure conies on the string. Some of the simplest and most useful of the 1026 HOW TO TIE KNOTS 1027 knots were photographed by the instructor forthe purposes of this article. It will be necessaryto refer to the illustrations to understand per-. 4. THE WRONG WAY TO TIE TWO PIECES OF STRINGTOGETHER—THE GRANNY KNOT. fectly how the knots should be tied. Those se-lected are knots that are of use in the daily lifeof
. St. Nicholas [serial]. 3. FOR TYING BUNDLES. pie twist, from a knot that comes untied withprovoking readiness to one that tightens itselfand becomes only more difficult to untie whenpressure conies on the string. Some of the simplest and most useful of the 1026 HOW TO TIE KNOTS 1027 knots were photographed by the instructor forthe purposes of this article. It will be necessaryto refer to the illustrations to understand per-. 4. THE WRONG WAY TO TIE TWO PIECES OF STRINGTOGETHER—THE GRANNY KNOT. fectly how the knots should be tied. Those se-lected are knots that are of use in the daily lifeof almost every one. One of the simplest and most interesting of thesuggestions is that shown in the slip-knot, illus-trations 1 and 2. Every one of us use this simpleslip-knot, and we all make it in the same slipshodway. To make a slip-knot, we simply tie a singleknot around the cord or rope, with the loose end,and this makes a loop through which the cord canbe slipped and tightened. But it is like tyingones shoe-lace with a single instead of a doubleknot. The pressure is all on the single knot, and,tighten the slip as you may, you cannot keep thecord perfectly tight, because the slip itself simple remedy is to tie the slip in a doubleknot instead of a single one, as shown in the sec-
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