{"id":1122,"date":"2016-07-05T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/05\/tying-a-bundle-of-yarrow\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T15:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T15:56:40","slug":"tying-a-bundle-of-yarrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/05\/tying-a-bundle-of-yarrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Tying a Bundle of Yarrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A customer contacted me recently and asked me to post a description of the way I tie my bundles of Yarrow. I was a little surprised, but it soon occurred that it may not be as obvious a sort of thing as I had assumed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2015-01-04-23.01.22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1128\" title=\"Bundle of Yarrow Stalks\" src=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2015-01-04-23.01.22-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I thought for some time, that at least when someone received a set of Yarrow from me, they would simply reverse the steps of untying a bundle. But I soon realized that many would probably just slip the cord off the end, and leave a pile of cord on the table in front of them. If one had a sleeve, this tying, again, would be unnecessary of course.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #edede9;\">It simply starts with a slipknot or lasso,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #edede9;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-12-11.42.46.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1160\" title=\"2016-07-12 11.42.46\" src=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-12-11.42.46-300x282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-12-11.42.46-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-12-11.42.46-1024x965.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-12-11.42.46.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>Slipknot<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-custom\" title=\"2016-07-12 11.41.22\" src=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-12-11.41.22-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #edede9;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #edede9;\">several turns; then a spiral to the other end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #edede9;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-12-11.36.29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1162\" title=\"2016-07-12 11.36.29\" src=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-12-11.36.29-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-12-11.36.29-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-12-11.36.29-1024x671.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Wrap  around<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #edede9;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-12-11.41.22.jpg\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #edede9;\">Several turns then spiral back to the loose end and tie. -Bow knot, if you want to<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #edede9;\"> easily untie it,<a href=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-12-11.30.051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1164\" title=\"2016-07-12 11.30.05\" src=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-12-11.30.051-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-12-11.30.051-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-12-11.30.051-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160712_112432.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #edede9;\">You can tighten it all by sliding the ends outward. (Sort of like a Chinese finger-trap)<a href=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160712_112432-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1170\" title=\"20160712_112432-1\" src=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160712_112432-1-300x137.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160712_112432-1-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160712_112432-1-1024x470.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #edede9;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20150309_121524.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1158\" title=\"20150309_121524\" src=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20150309_121524-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20150309_121524-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20150309_121524-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20150309_121524.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #edede9;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PSX_20160706_095548.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1133\" title=\"PSX_20160706_095548\" src=\"https:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PSX_20160706_095548.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"121\" \/><\/a>Chinese &#8220;finger trap&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A customer contacted me recently and asked me to post a description of the way I tie my bundles of Yarrow. 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