[syndicate] Knots of Hilda Doolittle

[jeff harrison]

HERMETIC DEFINITION 

to tie a Bowline Knot 

Bowline is tied to: 
swift thru dolorous lessers 

form an eye 

eye is tied to: 
ships (schooners) affrighted 

with the standing part 
of the rope running underneath. 

run the free end thru the 
dolorous lessers swiftly, then 
thru the eye (wide, affrighted 
by schooners), making a loop 
below said eye. take a turn 
around 
the standing part & feed 
the free end back down 
the eye & hold there. 

pull standing part to tighten knot. 

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HIPPOLYTUS TEMPORIZES 

the Double Fisherman's Knot 
is made by looping a rope 
into a figure-8 in order to tie 
two ropes together. since beyond 
rope, as in breath, is almost certainly 
tyranny, it is recommended the 
ropes be secured by their ends. 
endless amounts of rope is desired. 
practical is to tie two ropes into a loop. 
the Double Fisherman will make another 
knot secure when tied with the tag end 
of the rope behind another knot, in other 
words, when half of the Double Fisherman 
is tied around the standing line of another knot. 

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HELEN IN EGYPT 

to make a Clove Hitch, make a turn 
around a post with the free end 
running underneath the standing part, 
not exactly artistically. was Virginia's idea. 
take a second around in the same 
direction and feed the free end thru 
the eye of the second turn /. pull tight. 

It was Virginia's idea to make a Clove Hitch, but Neaera was ready to fall in with it. It was to be done thoroughly and lastingly but not exactly artistically. Virginia and Neaera were war widows and had made a solemn compact to remain widows forever. Ianthe had confessed... As for Appius, he tied very few knots and very few people asked him to tie anything. O, he felt to the full the lure of treading WHERE NO HUMAN FOOT HAD EVER TROD. Ianthe had thrown her wedding-ring at him and flown out of the house. How Virginia and Neaera would show him they were widows indeed! 

easy to tie and untie, it holds firmly but is not totally secure. 

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THE HEDGEHOG 

beware! the Square Knot will untie 
itself under movement. do not trust 
the Square Knot to join two ropes 
together. the Square Knot will capsize 
under a heavy load. when tying the Square 
Knot, both parts of the rope must exit 
together. whence the untrustworthiness 
and trickiness of the Square Knot? gather 
around: but no, I will breathe not a word, 
not until the Double Fisherman runs out of 
rope. 

these are the words he was at last compelled to write. 

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HYMEN 

to tie an Anchor Bend Knot, 
make two turns around 
the shackle, leaving turns 
open. knots may evade us, 
as our own features are 
less familiar to us, to our. 
take a half-turn around 
the standing line and 
feed the free end thru 
the turns and pull tight. 

the Anchor Bend Knot was a ruin awash in wilderness when I found it. 

 		
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