Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 08:36:09 -1000 From: gilmour@ace.enet.dec.com Message-Id: <9306281826.AA01978@enet-gw.pa.dec.com> Organization: Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University Subject: Re. Larkshead (& other knots) With ref. to the attached message below (& previous messages about knots): There are (at least) two books entirely about knots . One is in the "Into the Wind" catalog. There is another one in the "Catch the Wind" catalog. (Don't recall the exact titles & authors & don't have the catalogs here at this terminal site.) =============================================================================== From: DECWRL::"salanne@convex.csc.FI" "Simo Salanne" 27-JUN-1993 10:17:20.83 CC: Subj: Re: Larkshead description (pencil and string) In rock@netcom.com (Anne Rock) writes: >Jean-Christophe Engel (engel@irisa.fr) wrote: >[stuff deleted] >[stuff deleted] >: Maybe there should/could be a section in the FAQ that describes the most commonly >: used knots the way Anne does so well ... >Maybe we could come up with a list of commonly used knots and see if >translations can be found before trying to describe them (my head hurts >at the thought :-) If I would have access to a color scanner, I would do the following: Take a metal ring, a piece of non-black spar and a coloured 5 mm line. Make a step by step "models" of some useful kite knots (overhand, lark's head, slip, bowline, uni and "slip/non-slip"). Scan them into raster image, add the names and put them into archive on ftp.hawaii.edu. Post an announcement to rec.kites. Unfortunately I don't have the scanner - anybody out there willing to do the exercise? Smooth Winds Simo.Salanne@csc.fi = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =