Once it was well and truly soaked, I left the woggle in a warm place to dry overnight. Then, while leaving the tied woggle on the tube, I liberally painted the paracord with the watery glue mixture. I stirred the mixture around until I had a very thin/runny version of glue. I poured a small amount of Titebond wood glue into a plastic cup and added a few teaspoons of warm water. This is the point at which I got a little creative. In order to do that I had to slide the woggle on and off the tube a few times, but it easily retained it's shape. The tube I used was actually the long part of a turkey baster - its what I had at hand! After working the paracord as tight as I could get it to form a neatly shaped Turk's Head knot, I trimmed the two loose ends of the paracord, making sure that they both ended up on the inside of the knot. Using the step-by-step illustration previously mentioned, I began wrapping some paracord around a tube to fashion my woggle. I can remember making these when I was in the British Cub Scouts and was reminded of them when I stumbled upon a really nice step-by-step illustration showing how they are made. A woggle, for those of you that have never heard the term, is a device used to fasten the neckerchief, or scarf, that is worn as part of the Boy Scout uniform. The three strand version is made with the help of the wall knot.I made one of these as a "woggle" for boy scouts, see here: Turk's Head Knot Paracord Woggle. Shown by David Hopper, this method is a neat way of extending the MW knot.Ī video tutorial on the knot is also available: The simplest MW knot to tie (next to the single strand version). The process of tying this knot is also covered in depth by Kevin Cagne in his video tutorial: The most important part is the tightening process! Some cord adjustment will be needed to make the knot look as it should. After all the strands/cords are made this way, we tighten the cords in the order me made the loops in. The next cord goes through the loop of the previously made one, follows the previous cord through the top and finishes in the same color loop. The knot is made by twisting a loop, wrapping the cord around the other cords and inserting the end through the loop formed.
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