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The third cuboctahedron, finished with four passes.
The third version, scanned as a flat knot. Note the
turns (clockwise, anti-clockwise twice, clockwise,
and anti-clockwise) as a modified form of Ashley’s
#2206. the cube does have a bi-directional weave. I therefore
will call it a Double Monkey Fist (not Ashley’s name
However, the skill required to tie these three for it – he calls it a two-ply knot) because the weave
knots varies considerably, so do try them all for your is doubled on each of the six faces. However, let my
own enjoyment! Trace the pattern, so that you can point of view not get in the way of your enjoyment!
then follow around to make your own. Here is the twenty-four-faced Double Monkey Fist.
A second type of Double Monkey Fist has It is shown as Ashley’s #2207, where it is illustrated
twenty-four faces instead of six, twelve, or fourteen. beautifully to show its woven, three-dimensional
To my mind this is not a true double, because the structure. It takes a little while to get used to it, but it
number of faces is quadrupled, although each face of is a very handsome knot.

Burrhus’s Fourteen-Facet Globe Knot, finished
with four passes.