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shouldalsopracticethe

diamondknot(seepp.

200-201),thecrown

(pp.94-95),andthe

crownsinnet(seepp.

232-233).

Thebasicmethods

arequitesimilar,andit

ispreciselyforthis

reasonthatyoushould

learntopickoutthe

differencesbetween

them.Combiningthese

knotsindifferentways

willallowyouto

produceimaginative

andhighlydecorative

effects,particularlyif

theknotsaremadewith

a goodnumberof

strands.

Method
Thisknotismadein
threedistinctstages.
First.a wallisformedby
insertingeachstrand
frombelowthroughthe
bightformedbytheone
beforeit (1,2,3).In the
secondstage,thewall
istransformedintoafull
MatthewWalkerby
6 bringingthethree
strandsroundagain
frombelowthroughthe
nexttwobights
(4,5,6).Figure 7
showsthefinishedand
drawnupcrownwith
thestrandsallemerging
inthesamedirection.
Thethirdstageisto
formthecrown.There
arenoparticular
difficultiesin thisstage
whichisclearlyshown

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