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Themonkey'sfist.alsoknown

asthepouchorbutton,isa

typicallydecorativeknotthat

isalsousedinmanypractical

ways:itcanholdheavyitems,

suchaspiecesoflead,inside

itsturnstogiveitweight

whenitisusedattheendofa

heavingline,anditformsa

knobwhichcansubstitutefor

a modernbut1an.

Method

Therearenospecial

difficultiesin makingthis

knot.Beginbytakingthree

verticalturns(1)aroundyour

hand,Holdthemwiththree

horizontalturns(2,3).Now

makeanotherthreeturns

aroundthehorizontalturns

butinsidetheverticalturns

(4,5,6),producinga kindof

ballwhichisroundinshape

whencarefullyworked(7,8).

Themonkey'sfistdescribed

aboveismadebycrossingthe

turnsinonlythreedirections:

vertical,horizontal.and

verticalagain.Better,more

compactandsphericalresults

canbeobtainedbyincreasing

thenumberofturnsorthe

8 numberoftimestheycross

over.Atricktoensurethatthe

ballisroundistomakeit

aroundasmallball,which

thenlieshiddeninsidethe

knot.

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