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Broad Double Coin Knot
TYING INSTRUCTIONS
1. The right cord end should follow the path shown in the step-by-step illustration
guide below. Use the press technique whenever it comes across a path that it has taken
before, i.e. the cord should press over the cord sections that have been laid down.
2. The left cord end should also follow the path in the illustration guide. Use the pull
technique whenever it meets the right cord in a north easterly-south westerly direc-
tion, and the press technique when it meets the right cord in a north westerly–south
easterly direction. Whenever it meets its own cord sections, use the pull technique.

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5 Completed knot

Broad double coin knot.

DOUBLE COIN KNOT 107