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Beckets and Deck Quoits

The sea chest on pages 30-37 features a rope becket as a handle. This is a clever piece of ropework whose secret is revealed on these pages.

I decided that instead of featuring a step-by-step set of instructions on how to unravel rope and weave a becket I would showcase how to make a set of quoits. It is the same technique, however a quoit has a wire core, while a becket remains flexible

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