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The InterKnot Newsletter of the International Guild of Knot Tyers
North American Branch
Year 2012 September Issue 3
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IGKT-NAB Ballot
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2012-2013 NOMINATIONS FOR IGKT-NAB OFFICES VOTE FOR
NAME POSITION E-MAIL ONE
DeWILDE JOHN PRESIDENT [email protected]
BURRHUS DON PRESIDENT [email protected]
DICKEY GLENN PRESIDENT [email protected]
HELMS RUSTY PRESIDENT [email protected]
BURKE JOHN SEC/TREA [email protected]
VOTE FORFIVE
BATES JOE BOARD [email protected]
BRENNAN VINCENT BOARD [email protected]
BURKE KAY BOARD [email protected]
DAMEWOOD LOREN BOARD [email protected]
DeWILDE JOHN BOARD [email protected]
DICKENS SKIP BOARD N/A
SUMMERS GARY BOARD [email protected]
BURRHUS DON BOARD [email protected]
DICKEY GLENN BOARD [email protected]
PLEASE SEND BALLOTS TO JOHN BURKE
E-MAIL [email protected] SUBJECT LINE= IGKT-NAB 2012 BALLOT
Snail Mail = IGKT-NAB, 2012 BALLOT, 4417 Academy St, Dearborn Heights, MI 48125
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Springfield, IL mini-NAB meeting
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There will be a mini NAB meeting in Springfield, IL Oct. 19 and 20th. The
meeting will be at the Drury Inn, 3180 S. Dirksen Parkway, Springfield.
At this time we have a block of 20 rooms set aside and a large meeting room. There will be a cou-
ple of smaller meeting rooms available if we have the numbers. The meeting will be similar to the
IGKT-NAB meeting that was held last year in Indianapolis. What's that mean? Classes and fellow-
ship. That also means we need members willing to teach a class.
Cost will be $10 for attendees to cover incidentals and prizes. Send confirmation that you will be
attending to John DeWilde at [email protected] and put “IGKT Springfield” in the subject
line. You can email me if you have any questions. I will need to know if you plan on staying at the
Drury Inn. Please indicate if you will be willing to teach a class and if there is any area of knot ty-
ing you would like to learn.
Planned activities are a bucket drawing with proceeds going to the IGKT and a contest for the
members to show off their knotting projects. Every member can submit their work and all attendees
will be given one vote to vote on their favorite. Prize(s) yet to be determined. To keep costs down I
am not planning to have a banquet on Saturday. There are several restaurants close by.
The costs for rooms at the Drury Inn will be $94.95 plus taxes for single king or double queen room
and 2 room suites are available for $144. The hotel offers a "kick back" time 5:30 to 7pm with free
food and beverages. Hotdogs, salads and baked potatoes are offered everyday and a different item
is featured on the menu everyday. Three alcoholic drinks and unlimited soft drinks for guests. They
also have a hot breakfast for guests. If you were at Indy last year, this will be very similar. If you
wish to stay at another hotel there are several others in the area. You will need to make your own
reservations. Please keep in mind we need a minimum of 10 rooms each day to use the meeting
room. Here is a direct link to the Drury Inn reservation web site that is set up especially for IGKT
reservations. https://wwws.druryhotels.com/Reservations.aspx?groupno=2151255
If you make reservations by phone you will need to mention that this is for the knot tyers meeting.
The hotel has asked that you make your reservations by Sept. 17 but they will honor the special rate
if you make reservations after that date, up to the day of the meeting. Also, if you are planning on
coming early or staying after, the hotel has said they will honor that price for 3 days before and 3
days after the meeting.
The Springfield area is rich with the history of Abraham Lincoln. Most sites are open 7 days a
week from 9-5 with the exception of Lincoln's Tomb which is closed for tours on Sundays and
Mondays in October. The Oak Lawn Cemetery is open and you can view the tomb and walk out-
side but no tours inside. I would strongly recommend you take the time to visit the Lincoln Presi-
dential Library and Museum and Lincoln's Home. Other sites are the Herndon Law Office, New
Salem Park, the Old State Capital where Lincoln delivered his "House Divided" speech, among
others.
I am looking forward to meeting with fellow knot tyers, two years between gatherings seems like a
long time. I will be taking several days off that week and will be more than happy to show people
around some of the Lincoln sites and also some Route 66 sites (Cozy Dog anyone?).
Editor’s Note: Make your reservations now!
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Website update
======================== Updates have been made to the www.morethanknots.com website. More selections have been
made available on the front page. For the IGKT members, photo galleries have been added to the
IGKT meetings at New Bedford, East Coast, and Indianapolis. Also there are photograph pages
for the San Diego Maritime Museum and the USS Midway, CV-41. Hope you enjoy!
Glenn Dickey
Troop 3 Pioneer campout
=================== Sometimes you don’t have to go very far from home to find ropework. Troop 3, Simon
Kenton Council, Arrowhead District, is located in Westerville, Ohio. Surprisingly enough,
this wilderness camping area is on land owned by the sponsoring agency for Troop 3 and is
located within the city limits of Westerville. The Scoutmaster is Gary Leishman. Website
is: www.westervilletroop3.org Shown are pictures taken at their Pioneer campout.
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Troop 3 Pioneer campout continued
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Knot in a bottle (part 1)
=================== By IGKT member Richard Wilcox:
The IGKT-NAB meeting in Charleston, S.C. was the first place I saw the Knot-in-a-Bottle. This
was my first IGKT meeting and I was intrigued, but never asked any questions about how it was
done. So I thought it through on my own and came up with the following. Unfortunately, there
may be a better way based upon someone else thinking it through, or because several people have
worked together in thinking it through. This works very well for me and I hope it works for you!
The filled bottle looks more impressive if it looks difficult. Select a bottle with a long narrow
neck like a wine or whisky bottle. People will wonder how you got the knot into the bottle.
Select a rope close to the diameter of the bottle neck. A limber
rope is easier to work with because it can be compressed as you
are working. Supple rope will make sharp bends in the bottle
without a lot of effort on your part.
Make your tools out of coat hanger or similar wire. The wire needs
to be rigid and long enough to work from well above and still
reach and work at the bottom of the bottle.
I have three basic tools.
1) One has a curve on the end.
2) One has a sideways “S” at the end.
3) The last is two wires joined by plastic tubing (like for an Oxy-
gen hose). The two wires joined work like a pair of pliers with
the tubing used as an adjustable joint.
(I don’t use the plastic tubing tool very much because I can usually
accomplish everything with the other two tools. )
Note: The tools need to have a dull smooth point so they do
not fray or tear the outer sheath of the rope!
The “S” tool is primarily used to hold down a rope or to lift and
guide it. The curved tool is used to pull the knot tight and to guide
the rope around the standing part of the rope or knot.
Preparation: Tie the knot outside the bottle to be sure it will fit inside.
Tying the knot outside the bottle will show you how much rope
you will need inside the bottle to complete the knot. It will also
help you visualize how much rope is needed for each part of the
knot in multi-part knots.
Note: You will not be able to tie the knot as tight inside the
bottle as you can outside the bottle.
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Tying the knot is not difficult once you become accustomed to using
the tools. (This may take some time as most people do not have this
muscle memory automatically.) Once you get the muscle memory to
use the tools, it is somewhat tedious and time consuming.
Another option is to tie the knot outside the bottle, crush the knot
and squeeze it through the neck. Mostly this works with complica-
ted knots using smaller rope. The ability to compress the knot is
determined by the knot crossings. You may not only have to crush
but also stretch the knot so knot crossings are staggered. Once in the
bottle, the excess rope must be pulled through and out of the bottle.
Patience is required!
Knot in a bottle (part 2) Globe Knots in a bottle
==================================== By IGKT member Richard Wilcox:
I have had good success with the 64 faceted Globe knot found on page 114 of Don Burrhus’
The Globe Knot Cookbook. The top and bottom of the knot are not apparent once completed
as Don Points out.
Try to find a bottle that will approximate the shape of the Globe. A wine bottle will leave a lot
of unused space. The best bottles I have found are Martinellis Gold Medal 100% Pure Apple
Juice. It is expensive but good apple juice, so it is usually found in health Food Stores. I like
the individual serving size. The medium and large bottles also work with a little extra room at
the top of the bottle.
Tie the Globe Knot outside the bottle using a balloon to give it shape. I find water balloons
work well because they are round. Make the balloon small enough so the thickness of the
globe knot will fit within the bottom of the bottle. Leave a little room if you want the knot to
rotate in the bottle. Note: Use a smaller rope that requires several passes around the knot.
Do not pull the rope along the balloon. (I don’t need to say this because you will learn very
quickly what a rope burn will do to a balloon.)
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Globe Knots in a bottle (contined)
======================= Once you have used several balloons, have the globe the size you want, and have shaped it so
it is even all around, seal it with shellac. (I tried Polyurethane and it didn’t work very well.)
I’ve found that shellac will give the knot a memory and help the knot hold its shape. If the
knot just fits in the bottle, it isn’t as important to seal it with shellac.
If you want the knot to move around in the bottle, it is important to have a heavier weighted
rope because the weight of the rope will eventually allow it to fit the shape of the glass bottle
which is flat on the bottom.
To make the knot fit in the bottle, carefully crush the knot so it will fit through the neck of the
bottle. As you crush the knot, try to create a cigar shape so it is long and narrow. This will
allow the knot to slide easily into the bottle.
Once the knot is all the way in the bottle, the globe will begin to open up a little as it is pushed
against the bottom of the jar. If the jar is taller than the knot “Cigar”, you will have to open it
a little by pushing down on the top of the knot. Now open the outside of the knot at one of
the crossing junctions, just large enough to push in a straw with a balloon on the end.
(Let me explain the straw. I make rope-threading needles from knitting needles. Once I cut
off the length I need, I thread the back of the needle with a tap. The piece of the knitting
needle that is left over after cutting the rope threading part makes a nice ridged straw.
(Aluminum knitting needles are hollow at around the 9 or 10 size.)
Make sure the “straw” is long enough to get through the neck of the bottle into the globe knot.
Once the balloon on the end is inside the globe knot, slowly blow up the balloon. As the
balloon expands, it will push the globe knot into a rounded shape that will fill the bottle.
After the globe knot has been expanded by the balloon, deflate and remove the balloon.
You may have to inflate the balloon several times to get the globe knot into an even ball
shape. Even then you still may have to shape it with the hook tool as discussed earlier.
Good Luck!!
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accept MS-Publisher documents.) If sending instructions for tying a knot please include
black & white sketches or electronic drawings . Motion arrows would be easier to under-
stand. Pictures are welcome but try to make sure they are high-contrast photographs in
jpeg format. You may be asked to send the pictures separately so they can be more
easily incorporated into the publication. Printed copies will be grayscale pictures to save
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