Name: RopeYarnDance
Uploaded: 2017-11-18T20:08:12Z
Duration: 38 s
Description: There was always extra rope aboard a ship to repair clothes, which is how Rope-Yarn Sunday got its name. Rope was a material of function and beauty. Sailors practiced marlinespike seamanship for the daily workings of a ship, lashing, splicing, whipping lines, and tying knots. The sailors knotted and braided to embellish their ship and personal belongings.

RopeYarnDance

Added on 18 Nov 2017

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There was always extra rope aboard a ship to repair clothes, which is how Rope-Yarn Sunday got its name. Rope was a material of function and beauty. Sailors practiced marlinespike seamanship for the daily workings of a ship, lashing, splicing, whipping lines, and tying knots. The sailors knotted and braided to embellish their ship and personal belongings.