[Nfb-krafters-korner] Directions for making a slip knot

[Carol Osmar]

Dixie, I think you did a good job but I couldn't quite follow what you mean 
in number 3.  When I make a slip knot I wrap the string around the first two 
fingers.  I would like to hear from someone who doesn't know how to make the 
knot already.

It's not easy to discribe something like this, is it. I guess that is why 
the books always rely on pictures.

Carol
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dixie" <blueherons at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:17 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Directions for making a slip knot


> Directions to make a slip knot.
>
> 1.  With your left hand  pinch the short end of a string about 3 inches 
> up
> the string, between your thumb and pointer finger.  With the other fingers
> on your left hand hold the short end of the string against the palm of 
> your
> hand.
> 2. With your right hand, Wrap the long end of the string around the back 
> of
> your pointer finger on the left hand , cross over the section of the 
> string
> you are holding on to.
> 3.  Push the string up against the finger and under the string that is
> wrapped around it, past where the string crosses on your finger.  4.  Pull 
> a
> bended piece, or loop,  of string up through that section that is wrapped
> around your pointer finger.
> 5.  Holding onto that loop, pull the string off your finger and tighten 
> the
> knot with your short end.
> 6.  You should now have a knot, above the knot is a loop, below the knot 
> are
> 2 lengths, the short end and the long end.
> 7.  To test the slip knot, Pull on the loop, it should enlarge the loop by
> feeding string through the knot from the long end of the string .  Also, 
> if
> you tug on the long end of the string,  it will decrease the size of the
> loop.  .  If you pull both the short and the long end, the knot will come
> completely out of the string.
>
>
> You'll have to tell me how these directions work for you.  I have never
> written out knot directions before.  Thanks!
>
> Dixie
>
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