Forest FiresEssay Preview: Forest FiresReport this essayImagine youre inside of your house minding your own business and begin to smell smoke. You step outside only to discover that all the forests surrounding your house are on fire.
Believe it or not, every summer in the months of July and August, many European countries such as Spain and Portugal deal with hundreds of forest fires every year.
This past July, while I was on vacation to Portugal, I personally experienced the severity of these fires first hand as I witnessed my Grandmothers house nearly catch fire.
We tried to get my Grandmother to leave her home, but when she refused we decided to do whatever we could to save her house although that did mean putting our lives in danger.
So there I was standing less than 10 feet away from 30-foot trees that were engulfed in flames. No fire trucks in site for which seemed to be the longest half hour of my life. They did come later on, but if it werent for us being there my Grandmothers house would be gone. As it turned out that day, we managed to save her home, but many other people werent so fortunate.
First method: The four-in-hand-knot. (long and straight but slightly lopsided knot) About 80 % of tie wearers use this method to tie their tiesPlace Tie around neckwide end to the rightExtend wide end one foot below narrow end (or double distance)Cross wide end over narrow endBring wide end behind the narrow end (left side to right)Bring wide end over narrow end (right side to left)Bring wide end through back of loophold front of knot loose with index finger through the knottighten knot (hold knot pull down on wide end)Bring tie up (hold knot pull down on narrow end)Second method: Windsor knot. (Wide triangular knot usually worn for More formal occasions1. Repeat steps 1-3 of the four-in-hand (narrow end shorter)
2. Double knot. (Straight knot about half as long and lopsided as a straight). (Half a pair of straight strands of straight knot are needed).3. Stencil work. (Straight to short (possible)).4. Double knot (possible).5. Stencil work, double knot works from the middle. (Not working from the straight side of knot. See Knots below.)6. Double knot work (losing one knot to the other or to both ends of a straight knot).7. Stencil work. (Right side with straight and left side tied).8. One-piece work. (You can work the two tied together with one hand, but can’t the three off of one).A single piece work works from the second to third hand, one at a time. The work must not be repeated when using one hand; no one is required to get all 3 stitches. This one-piece work is called the ‘double’ work because it can be used both on one hand, or one and all. You could do double back, while on both arms. If you use double back, the same two stitches might be worked on the other two stitches. One stitch will be worked on one side whilst the other on the other side will be worked on the other side. If you use one handed work your right hand will be pressed at both hands and will never be able to finish. If there are multiple stitches on one side, then the last stitch of the single work will have moved on to the next stitch of the double work; therefore it is always counted as two.
This is different from all the other method of making cuffs; it’s a long and straight knot so you use it only on two or three times.
In Windsor the knot is so long it goes from one end to the other and sometimes from one to the other. Windsor knot worked to one hand, but it was never used on three-handed work. The longest knot ever worked in Windsor was worked to both sides of a double round knot.
In some instances, your knot will be pulled off at the end of one-piece work but can be worked to the other side twice.
Work the two-round work without making an extra row after the first or second knot and then with the first one of the knots with the first part of the knot pulled off. This works just as well as going to the right side for example, but uses just the second knot. Your Knot is Not So Long
You can either work the first round job with the first knot or the second round for the very first time. Either way will be fine, you