I learned to make the sheet bend as a Girl Guide around the same era, and yes it was always for ropes of unequal thickness, which is why I find it strange that weavers/lacemakers use it to join two similar threads. I tend to use a reef knot for lace threads, except when I'm joining onto a very short end.
The Girl Guide way of making the sheet bend is to make a loop with the thicker rope, then up, round, under and through with the thinner one. There are two ways of making a weavers knot; one involves crossing the threads at the start, which I can't do, the other is to make a running slip knot with a loop (the way I start with crochet) and pass the end of the other thread through the loop and then pull on both ends of the loop thread to turn the knot. On 20 Feb 2011, at 11:35, David C COLLYER wrote: > Although there's been much talk over the years about the Weaver's Knot, I've > never really bothered with it because I've always had my own knot which > works. Yes, my knot was the Sheet Bend!!! > > I remember learning this knot first as a boy of about 10yrs of age (back in > the 50s) when my old farming grandfather taught it to me. I distinctly recall > him saying that it was designed to tie 2 lengths of rope or string of unequal > thickness together, and that it would not come undone. As always - he was > right. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
