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	Cross

See the Wood Carving section for more instructions, hints and tips.

Carve two flat sticks out of a branch. Use string or artificial sinew, and square lashing to lash the two together into the shape of a cross.

Cut a "V" notch on the long stick as illustrated.
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Shape the middle of the short stick into a "^". Put the two sticks together to check the fit. Adjust the notch as needed to make a snug fit.
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Lash the two sticks together.

• Tie a clove hitch onto the long stick just below the notch. Put the short stick in place.
• Wrap by going over the short stick, under the long stick, over the other side of short stick, and finally under the long stick. Repeat this two more times. Make it as tight as possible. Lay each wrap next to previous.
• Frap by going over the long stick and under the short stick. Look at it as if you were going around the wraps done in the step above. In reality, fraps make wraps tighter.
• Tie end to short stick using a clove hitch.
• Put a drop of glue on the knots to lock them in place.
• Cut off excess string.

Use a "C" shaped PVC ring attached behind the short horizontal stick. You can use the cross to shape the ring.

As a craft for a religious retreat we made these crosses about six inches tall and drilled a hole through the top of the vertical stick parallel to the horizontal stick. Then we used about three feet of string or leather lacing to complete a necklace. The boys were to "carry" their own cross throughout the retreat.