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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).