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(Sean Pound) #1

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Thisisaveryeffective
decorativeknotthatcanbe
tiedaroundcylindricalobjects
ofanysize.Wehavesh.own
thesimplestformhere.i.e.,
theonewiththeleastamount
ofinterweaving;butwitha
littlepracticeyoucanmaster
thetechniqueandmakemore
complexversionsthatare
evenmoreeffective.Wehave
deliberatelyuseda
transparentcylinderonwhich
tomaketheknotsothatyou
canseetheweaveattheback.

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Method
Firstofall,windthecord
aroundthecylinderandinsert
theendunderthefirstturn
(1,2).Notethatin the
illustrationstheendisshort
onlysothatyoucansee
whereitisintheknotandto
avoidtheconfusionofyards
andyardsofcord.Crossthe
turns(3);thenweavetheend
throughthebightformed,
passingitoverthe thetop
cordandunderthebottom
one.Infigure5 theknotis
complete,withtheonly
remainingthingtodobeing
8 tofillitinandtightenitby
doublingitoneormoretimes
(6,7,8).
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