Closing Stage of Knot Tying- please make sure you type in your answers to the worksheet then print it and publish it .

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Stage 1 : Getting Ready / Preparing .

• Narative of what needs to be done before starting this honor

Stage 2 : Define the following terms

• Bight
• Running end
• Standing part
• Underhand loop
• Overhand loop
• Turn / Round / two Round
• Bend
• Hitch
• Splice
• Whipping

Stage 3 : Know how to care for rope

• Keep the rope clean.
• Always coil a rope before storing it.
• Make sure wet rope is dry before coiling it.
• Return rope to its proper place after using it.

Stage 4 : Difference between laid & braided rope

Uses of Laid Rope

• In laid rope, three bundles of fiber or twine are twisted in the same direction, placed close to each other, and allowed to twist together.

Uses of Braided Rope

• In braided rope, the fibers are woven together, often around some core materi

Stage 5 : Identify the following types of rope

• Manila
• Sisal
• Nylon
• Polypropylene

Stage 6 : Advantages and disadvantages of synthetic rope?

Advantages

• Improved abrasion-resistance
• Better UV-resistance
• Lighter
• Length does not vary as much when wet
• Rot-resistant

Disadvantages

• Some synthetics do not hold knots well
• More slippery
• Melts when heated
• Stretches more than natural ropes.

Stage 7 : Do the following to rope

• Splice
• Eye splice
• Back splice
• Finish the end of a rope with a double crown, whipping, or a Matthew Walker's knot.

Stage 8 : Make a six-foot piece of three-strand twisted rope from native materials or twine.

Stage 9 : From memory tie at least 20 of the following knots.

Know their common uses and limitation. Demonstrate how they are used.

• Anchor bend
• Bowline
• Bowline on a bight
• Butterfly loop knot or Alpine butterfly knot
• Carrick bend
• Cat's paw
• Clove hitch
• Constrictor knot
• Crown knot
• bow
• Double sheetbend
• Figure eight
• Fisherman's bend
• Fisherman's loop
• Halter hitch
• Hunter's bend
• Lariat or Bowstring knot
• Lark's head
• Man harness knot
• Miller's knot
• Packer's knot
• Pipe hitch
• Prusik knot
• Sheepshank
• Sheet bend
• Slip knot
• Slipped half hitch
• Slipped sheet bend
• Square knot
• Stevedore's knot
• Strangle knot
• Surgeon's knot
• Taut-line hitch
• Timber hitch
• Two half hitches

Stage 10 : Collection of different Knot Tying

Mr. D

Remember to view the recorded videos that are included in this honor. The videos will share recordings of Pathfinders and Adventures doing Knot tying along with Mr. D.

Please listen to the Video for the needed information to complete this Pottery Honor.