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TWO-STRAND DIAMONDKNOT Thisisa veryattractive knotthatisexcellentfor decoratinganycord thatistobeleftinview, suchasa knifeor whi ...

4 (^56) Method Thechainsinnetisvery simpletomake.It beginswitha bight, withtheendsheld paralleltoeachother (1).Putyourhand throu ...

CHINESEBUTTON KNOT Thisknotisthousandsof yearsoldandisstillused todayinChinaandother Easterncountriesinsteadof modernbuttons. Me ...

4 Method Beginbymakinga loopat the centeroftherope(1). Leavinga bightintheline, makeasecondloopwiththe rightend.crossingitinthe ...

CHAINSINNET Thechainsinnetcould notbeleftoutofany manualdedicatedto knots.Itis veryuseful forshorteninga rope thatistoolong.Itis ...

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theirpositionwhensliding theropethrough.Youcan holdtheturnsinpositionby usingnailsfixedintothe boardonwhichyouare working,butwit ...

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again(12,13, 14,15),The onlylimittohowmanytimes it canbedoubledisthe physicalsizeoftheknot,but increasingtheplyofthe mattingdoes ...

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SQUAREMATIING Thismattinghasa specifically squareshapethatis obtained byusingfourintersecting diagonals.A simplevariation istoin ...

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DOUBLEBRAID Eveninitssimplicity,theflat sinnetorbraidlendsitselftoa numberofinteresting variations.Thisoneis obtainedmerelybydou ...

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FOUR-STRAND SINNET Firsttype Fourcordscanbeusedto produceanenormousnumber ofplats,alldifferentfromeach other.Thetypeillustratedo ...

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FOUR·STRAND SINNET Secondtype Thespecialfeatureofthis braidisthefactthatthetwo centerstrandsarenotbraided together,butactasthewa ...