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4 tuck the third strand under two and up 7 here the sMW is opened for you to see where
to tuck the first end for crowning, over the anti-
clockwise strand and down along the starting
through the first loop.
strands, carefully pulling each strand over its
neighbour to tighten the Crown on top of the
Matthew Walker Knot base. Maybe think of this
like a compass – if it comes up in the ne quad-
rant, it goes down into the nW quadrant, the
nW goes into the sW, the sW goes into the se,
and the se goes into the ne.

5 tuck the remaining strand under two and up

through the second loop.

6 the simple

Matthew Walker
(sMW) when
drawn up looks
like this.
8 the sMW drawn up and the four strand ends

each crowned down in turn to the starting
strands.