Platting

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Platting on a pipe string

Platting or fancywork means "loving handwork with ropes and knots". Especially during the great sailing ships had the sailors during lulls (wind) much time and leisure, to engage in trade. Ropes, ropes, ropes and lines offered opportunities to create artistic decorations. In addition to ornate knots ( decorative knots ) as decoration for pipe strings , knives and marlin spikes (splicing nails) or splicing as a termination of ropes, especially linen was braided (plating).

Round-symmetrical flat plating

Round-symmetrical flat plating is used as a trivet, table mat or carpet. Oval and almost rectangular shapes are also common as shoe scrapers. Once the basic pattern has been laid with a line, it is easy to widen it with several layers.

The oval plating measures 35 × 21 cm and is made of 7 m rope with a 10 mm diameter. The doormat measures 35 × 30 cm and is made of 10 m rope with a 10 mm diameter. The same pattern is also used for the “Celtic Cross”.

Round plating

Round plating or square plating, for example, was used as an artistic handle for the clapper of the ship's bell . Today it is often seen as a key fob . Further forms are chain plating, screw plating (also crown plating). The basic elements are the cockpit , the square knot and the old woman's knot .

The tombstone known as the Gosforth Cross with the mythical image of Thor's "fish pull" or his fight with the Midgard snake . In the picture, the snake is shown as a "Seilverkürzungsstek" (twist plating) similar to the shooter's cord.

Flat plating

Ring plating

A basic form is the Turk's Union , which is often used to mark the center position on the steering wheel, but also as a bracelet or in the form of a Gilwell knot as a scarf knot (mostly in leather).

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