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Double Footrope Knot

4 Seen here from the side, the strand end is now

tucked alongside the wall into the centre, as it
1 Start with a Single Footrope Knot (above) but was in the Single Footrope finish.

without the ends tucked through. Instead, stop
them at the outside edge, as shown here.

5 Here is the finished knot, with the strands all

tucked above the Wall and through the centre. If
you started with a three-strand manila rope you
could now, of course, re-lay the strands to form
a different kind of Matthew Walker Knot, which
2 At the left of the top Crown, tuck the end that cannot be undone!

was brought up on the left of the start of that
Top: The finished Double Footrope Knot, with the
Crown.
strands at the end ready for the next part of
the decorative work. Bottom: The Footrope
Knot is tied through a piece of line,
exactly as originally intended
(except for the choice of
blue line)!

3 Here is what the Crowning looks like after all

strands are tucked.