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Bo’sun’s Lanyard Knot Diamond Knot, the Marlingspike Lanyard Knot,
No collection of decorative knots would be complete and the Bo’sun’s Whistle Knot. Names, as I have
without the famed Bo’sun’s Lanyard Knot. This is said before, only serve to place labels – what matters
a Carrick Bend that has been modified slightly, so is structure. Here the structure is two underhand
that it can be used to bring two cords together in a loops interlocked and then wrapped by a half turn to
decorative manner. It is known by several names, bring the ends of the line through the knot. Here is
including the Sailor’s Knife Lanyard Knot, the one method of making it.
Two-Strand Diamond Knot, the Single-Strand

1 Bring two ends of the same piece of cord over 3 Bring the upper-cord end under the first loop,

over the top of your lower cord and then
the back of your hand to the palm of your hand,
under the working part of your lower cord,
as shown here.
like this.

2 Make an anti-clockwise underhand loop with 4 now cross over, under, over to the top left

of your palm. you should now have a Carrick
the lower-cord end directly on the palm of
Bend on your palm.
your hand.