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9 shown here is the top and side of the final form A finished Double Matthew Walker Rose Knot.

after drawing the ends of the individual strands
down through the double Matthew Walker and
prior to trimming them at the underside.

Rose Knots may also be made using the start If that all sounds a little daunting, try it in stages, so
of a sinnet (for making sinnets, see Chapter 4) and that we can get each piece one at a time. Let’s look at
moving through a Rosebud, to a Crown, followed by this in sequence with the Sinnet Rose Knot.
a Diamond Knot, doubled, and then crowned again.

sinnet rose knot

1 Make a four-strand sinnet and finish it with a 2a the rosebud Knot is then made by
inserting each strand in turn over its
neighbour (here again anti-clockwise)
and up through the centre of the
Crown Knot, anti-clockwise.
Crown.