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4

Method

Beginbymakinga loopat the

centeroftherope(1).

Leavinga bightintheline,

makeasecondloopwiththe

rightend.crossingitinthe

oppositedirection(2).

Completeonesideoftheknot

bymakingabightwiththe

leftend(3).Notethatsofar

theropehasnotbeen

interwovenatall.Continue

workingwiththeleftendand

begininterweavingtheloops

thatweremadepreviously(4,

5,6,7).Takecarenottoalter

Thisisaflatknotofa

characteristicovalshape.Itis

highlydecorativeandfinds

thousandsofapplicationsin

alltypesofsituations.It

makesafinedoormat,butit

canalsobeusedwhenever

youwanttoprotectanobject

fromwearbyrubbing,for

examplebetweenmooring

cablesandthesidesofa boat,

It lookshighlycomplexat

first,butif youfollowthe

photosequencecarefully,you

willseethatitreallypresents

nodifficultiesat all.The

mattingillustratedinfigure7,

ismadewithfourcrossing

diagonals.Thenumberof

diagonalsdeterminesthetotal

sizeofthemat.Oncethis

numberisestablished.the

matcanonlybemadethicker,

5 notlarger.Ofcourseifyou

increasethenumberof

diagonals.youcanmakethe

matlarger.butitisadvisable

tohavea patterntofollow

beforeattemptingthis

variation.