Tipi lashing?

[n00b]

Hi just wondering if anyone can point me to instructions for lashing tipi poles together - as in this video here at 6:20 mins:

Cheers

 

[crosslandkelly]

Clove hitch. Short video here.

 

[Stew]

Looks to me like he’s just done a bit of under and over at that point rather than a specific knot. Like the start of a square lashing before putting frappings round.

 

[n00b]

Thanks

 

[bearbait]

From Reginald & Gladys Laubin's The Indian Tipi (1977 edition):

"To tie the poles as Scarlet Whirlwind did, start as in the detailed drawing, with a clove hitch. Leave several feet of rope and wrap it around three or four times and then finish with two half-hitches. This tie rope should be of good-quality half-inch Manilla about 45 feet in length."

Obviously you may choose to use a synthetic rope, or whatever you have to hand.

 

[n00b]

Ah great thanks a lot

 

[n00b]

So it's a clove hitch around them all, ok. Wonder if that would work with eight poles as in video

 

[Pattree]

My friend’s Ist Nation tipi started with three poles tied together. The remaining fourteen or so poles were rested among the original three after they were up. The fabric held everything together very effectively. It was very heavy and arrived on a truck.

 

[bearbait]

To save me doing a lot of typing, here are the guidelines from the aforementioned book. Also refer to the image I posted above.

 

[TLM]

As a side note the procedure The Sami use to put up their Kotas is almost identical.

 

[n00b]

That's excellent bearbait thanks for that!