[Traditional lashing, image from Shelter, an amazing book about eco-friendly homes from around the world through the centuries]
A big part of this project's learning process involved the lashing that joins sections of the yurt walls together. In order to create a strong join that minimizes the disruption to the spacing of the crosses at the ends, the zigzag starts one joint from the top and ends one joint from the bottom. I did all the figuring on paper, and yesterday was the first time I saw it laid out in front of me. It works!
[The zigzag lashing: traditional, elegant, stable]
By the end of a lazy day yesterday, I had finished all of the complicated end sections. There are no more stray short pieces. Woohoo! Now it's just a matter of going through and tying in all of the full-length pieces to complete Section C and Section D.
[The last section ends are done]
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