OK, I was bitten by the bug when I saw that Thinkgeek bracelet and wondered how hard it could be to make a Sinnet capable of storing cord that can simply be pulled out to a straight rope by dragging each end.
A bit of experimentation and here's my first working one.
This picture shows what I think might be a new Sinnet storing about 10m of rope in a 1/2m by 5cm Sinnet. There's my Spartan SAK beside it for size comparison.
Close up view of the Sinnet. (OK I could have dressed it better but it isn't a keeper and life's too short
)
The 'business end'. Pull out the small locking loop and then drag the ends apart and the whole thing comes out as a straight line. If you really are patient enough it should be relatively twist free too!
Now, how do you make it.
I'll do some pictures on how to construct it but I'll describe the basics for the enthusiastic knotters out there.
1. Double up your rope and start from the loop in the middle.
2. Tie an overhand noose facing away from the loop using BOTH ends. (making the noose leave a small loop).
3. Perform a 'Chain Sinnet' out of both ends until you have the chain approximately 1/2 the length of the remaining untied ends. (effectively stores a lot of rope this bit).
4. Tie off one of the ends temporaly to avoid the cord coming undone whilst you work with the other.
5. With the free end make a loop and push it back through one of the edge loop pairs of the Chain Sinnet.
6. Bring up another bight and push this through the loop that you fed through, pull this tight.
7. Repeat 5 and 6 effectively stitching this extra row onto one edge of the chain Sinnet. When you get back to the loop tie this end off temporarily, untie the previous end and repeat the process along the opposite edge.
8. At the end you simply use the loop left hanging from the Chain Sinnet to lock off the loops on the single ropes.
Pros and cons.
The knot is pretty good and easily runs but its design tends to lend itself to pulling out the whole rope.
The disadvantage of having the double Chain Sinnet at the core means that in paying that part of the knot out you must be pulling both parts of the knot out at the same time. This means that you cant just keep pulling one end out of the Sinnet to unravel the whole rope. The design lends itself more to pulling both ends evenly leaving you a long rope to work with. Of course this knot is only suitable to materials that run fairly freely. Needless to say it isn't going to work well with Hemp or Sisal.
Anyway. It may have its merits as a 'Survival Bracelet' type thing until I can come up with something better.
I hope my instructions aren't too tricky to follow.
Have fun and lets see if anyone can reconstruct one
If there are any IGKT members out there maybe they can confirm if this is a new Sinnet. Even variants have a name so if there isn't one known we can take suggestions. (quite happy with Bushcraft Storage Sinnet etc.)
Kind regards,
-Andy
A bit of experimentation and here's my first working one.
This picture shows what I think might be a new Sinnet storing about 10m of rope in a 1/2m by 5cm Sinnet. There's my Spartan SAK beside it for size comparison.
Close up view of the Sinnet. (OK I could have dressed it better but it isn't a keeper and life's too short
)
The 'business end'. Pull out the small locking loop and then drag the ends apart and the whole thing comes out as a straight line. If you really are patient enough it should be relatively twist free too!
Now, how do you make it.
I'll do some pictures on how to construct it but I'll describe the basics for the enthusiastic knotters out there.
1. Double up your rope and start from the loop in the middle.
2. Tie an overhand noose facing away from the loop using BOTH ends. (making the noose leave a small loop).
3. Perform a 'Chain Sinnet' out of both ends until you have the chain approximately 1/2 the length of the remaining untied ends. (effectively stores a lot of rope this bit).
4. Tie off one of the ends temporaly to avoid the cord coming undone whilst you work with the other.
5. With the free end make a loop and push it back through one of the edge loop pairs of the Chain Sinnet.
6. Bring up another bight and push this through the loop that you fed through, pull this tight.
7. Repeat 5 and 6 effectively stitching this extra row onto one edge of the chain Sinnet. When you get back to the loop tie this end off temporarily, untie the previous end and repeat the process along the opposite edge.
8. At the end you simply use the loop left hanging from the Chain Sinnet to lock off the loops on the single ropes.
Pros and cons.
The knot is pretty good and easily runs but its design tends to lend itself to pulling out the whole rope.
The disadvantage of having the double Chain Sinnet at the core means that in paying that part of the knot out you must be pulling both parts of the knot out at the same time. This means that you cant just keep pulling one end out of the Sinnet to unravel the whole rope. The design lends itself more to pulling both ends evenly leaving you a long rope to work with. Of course this knot is only suitable to materials that run fairly freely. Needless to say it isn't going to work well with Hemp or Sisal.
Anyway. It may have its merits as a 'Survival Bracelet' type thing until I can come up with something better.
I hope my instructions aren't too tricky to follow.
Have fun and lets see if anyone can reconstruct one
If there are any IGKT members out there maybe they can confirm if this is a new Sinnet. Even variants have a name so if there isn't one known we can take suggestions. (quite happy with Bushcraft Storage Sinnet etc.)
Kind regards,
-Andy
