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decorative knots Thedifferencebetweenutilityknotsanddecorativeknotsis moresubtlethanit mayseem. Generallyknotswhoseonly purposei ...

Method Beginbyputtingthecordsin order(1),asorderisan essentialpartofmakingthe knot,whichcouldotherwise becomeaninextricabletangl ...

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FOUR-STRAND CROWNSINNET AROUNDA CORE Thisis anexcellentwayof coveringa cylindricalobject and.despiteappearances.is notatallcompl ...

4 Method Beginbyarrangingthe bightsalongthecore andfastenthemwitha coupleof turnsofthe weftcord(1,2). Continueby interweavingthe ...

SIX-STRAND CROWNSINNET AROUNDA CORE Sixdoublecordsareused here,astheymakeitpossible tocoverevenlargecylindrical objects.Thisisno ...

6 Thisisaveryeffective decorativeknotthatcanbe tiedaroundcylindricalobjects ofanysize.Wehavesh.own thesimplestformhere.i.e., the ...

WOVEN SINNET Thewovensinnetisa verysimpleandclever wayofcoveringa cylindricalsurfaceand basicallyconsistsof preparinga large num ...

, 00 Themonkey'sfist.alsoknown asthepouchorbutton,isa typicallydecorativeknotthat isalsousedinmanypractical ways:itcanholdheavyi ...

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shouldalsopracticethe diamondknot(seepp. 200-201),thecrown (pp.94-95),andthe crownsinnet(seepp. 232-233). Thebasicmethods arequi ...

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to '1 12 sphericalknotwiththQ threeendsemergingas infigure12.To eliminatethese.pass themdownthroughthe crown. '07 ...

MUlTI- STRAND LANYARD KNOTS Firsttype Strictlyspeaking,these knotsbelongtothe categoryofstopper knotsdiscussedon pages27-38;butw ...

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infigures8,9,10,and 11.Tightentheknot fullybyworkingthe threestrandsgradually, pullingeachoneinturn toobtainanalmost 196 7 8 I 9 ...

Method Formacarrickbend (seepp.136-137) arounditsown standingpart(1).The twofreeendsfollowthe twodiagonalsofthe carrickbend,butw ...

3 MULTI-STRAND LANYARDKNOTS Secondtype Thisisanuncomplicatedknot whichgivesanattractiveand perfectlyroundendresult. Method Begin ...