Re: [Philmont]: The Jug Knot

From: Carol Anderson (carol67530@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Dec 15 2002 - 08:29:45 CST


Chris,
That is the place everyone has trouble. However, once
learned it seems to stay in the "front tool box" of
knots used regularly.

Carol
Great Bend, KS
--- "T.W. Cook" <tw@farmall-h.com> wrote:
> If you've not tied this one before, step 7 is
> confusing the way it is
> presented here (at least, it confused me). It says
> "turn down" and shows
> arrows that to me imply that you turn it sideways.
> Those loops are actually
> pulled down so that they form the loop around the
> bottle neck - the one on
> the right in the picture is pulled down in a
> direction that would be
> straight down into the paper, slipping it over the
> left loop. Then the left
> one is pulled up from the paper and around to form
> the other side of the
> loop. This is what forms the hole marked with a + in
> step 8. Once you get
> the hang of it, this is actually a quick and easy
> knot to tie, it looks
> spiffy and is useful for a whole lot of things -
> pulling on the rope loop
> tends to tighten the knot further, which is just
> what you want.
>
> Tw
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Summers"
> <chrisinhouston@kingwoodcable.com>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont"
> <philmont@troop47.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 8:46 AM
> Subject: [Philmont]: The Jug Knot
>
>
> > OK class, here it is. Now everyone get out your
> piece of rope!
> >
> >
>
http://www.northnet.org/ropeworks/archive/jugknot.html
> >
> > Looks like one of those Celtic sailor creations!
> >
> > YOF
> > Chris in Houston
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