2009 Indoor Resource 1
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Lee Valley Scout County Scout Programme 2008-2009 Indoor Skills Challenge, Resource Sheet 1 October -Knots & Lashings – The Basics of Scout Engineering Included here are 4 knots. The four lashings may be found in The Scouting Trail (Colm Kavanagh).This document can be easily printed or photocopied. The patrols in each Scout Troop should be confident enough to attempt each one of these, as well as know 1 practical use, when they meet the county team in December. The knots are The lashings are Sheet Bend Square Lashing Bowline Diagonal Lashing Sheepshank Sheer Lashing Prussik Knot Tripod Lashing ____________________________________________________ The Sheet Bend A Use : To join two ropes of different thicknesses to lengthen a rope. Make a loop in the rope with the larger diameter. Take the other rope; pass it up through the loop and then around the back of the loop. Finally pass it under itself only and pull tight.
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2009 Indoor Resource 1
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Lee Valley Scout County Scout Programme 2008-2009
Indoor Skills Challenge, Resource Sheet 1
October -Knots & Lashings – The Basics of Scout Engineering
Included here are 4 knots. The four lashings may be found in The Scouting Trail (Colm Kavanagh).This document can be easily printed or photocopied. The patrols in each Scout Troop should be confident enough to attempt each one of these, as well as know 1 practical use, when they meet the county team in December.
The knots are The lashings are Sheet Bend Square Lashing Bowline Diagonal Lashing Sheepshank Sheer Lashing Prussik Knot Tripod Lashing
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The Sheet Bend A Use : To join two ropes of different thicknesses to lengthen a rope.
Make a loop in the rope with the larger diameter. Take the other rope; pass it up through the loop and then around the back of the loop. Finally pass it under itself only and pull tight.
The Bowline A Use : Forming a non-slip loop to attach yourself to an end of a rope, often used in rescues.
Take the rope; make a small loop a reasonable distance from yourself by passing the end of the rope from left to right over itself. Pass the end up through the loop, take it around the back of the whole rope and back down through the loop.
Sheepshank A Use : To shorten a piece of rope
A Make 3 turns that cross over themselves, all of them in the same direction B- D Put your hand through the back of the right hand turn and pull the centre turn through the right hand turn. E – G Put your hand through the left hand turn and pull the middle turn through the front of the left hand turn.
H The rope that you pulled through either end now forms two loops. Pull these loops gently. To tighten the knot and make sure it holds pull on the two 'standing parts'. That is pull on the two ends of the rope. Ensure that the knot is tight before use else it will slip.
Prussik Knot A Use : The prussik knot has the unusual feature of being non slip when under pressure and will move along a rope when pressure is removed, a useful knot for climbing up a rope.
