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3 Pull through and then pull tight on both ends.

note that the ends come out of the knot in
between opposing turns. Use a finer twine than
the thickness of your strand bundle for best
grip.

The alternative binding knots above have they tend to grip and not let go! The Boa Knot,
their unique values, particularly when it comes to invented by master braider Peter Collingwood, and
removing them from where they were placed. A the Strangle Knot, first published as the Eel Knot
good tug on the standing part (shown below the by Hjalmar Öhrvall, are also useful when gathering
roll in each case) will release their grip enough to a bundle of cords together. I suggest that you try a
allow you to remove the twine or other small stuff variety of binding knots before settling on one or
with which you have tied your bundle of string or another of them. Now let’s take a look at some of
cords. The Constrictor, Boa and Strangle knots will the interesting patterns that can be made in round
not necessarily allow you to do that easily, because sinnet using a variety of numbers of strings/cords.