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Miscellaneous To Tie Knots

FEW persons know how to tie a knot; even women with their neatness in all other matters tie very badly. It is as easy, indeed more easy, to make a neat, firm knot, easy to untie, as one clumsy, insecure, and readily jammed. In practising, it is better at first to use a coarse cord or fine rope. The knots given below can all be mastered in an hour's practice, and will be found of daily use.

Fig. 1.- The Reefing Knot, untied. It is the same as is used in tying shoestrings and neck-ties, except that the ends are drawn through. It is essential that the two parts of each string should be on the same side or there will be formed a "granny" knot.

Fig. 2. The Sheet Bend, Also called the flat knot, is the one best adapted for ordinary use in tying the two ends of a string.

It is neat, flat, does not readily slip, and 's easily Also called the weavers' knot, is used where great firmness is required; it is small, cannot slip, and can be made when one end of the string is just long enough to make a loop. It is more liable to jam than the one last named. Bend one end of the cord into a loop, which hold in the left hand, pass the other end through the loop, around it and then under itself. A little practice will en-