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KNOB COVERINgS eight are triangular. The knot makes a wonderful cat
Knob coverings vary greatly by both complexity and toy. Cover a light plastic core with this and watch
the number of places where they may be applied. your pet have hours of fun chasing it.
Whether it is to the shifter knob on your favourite
vintage car or the tip of a gentleman’s cane, or just
a covering to a round stone ball to be used as a 1 Start with overhand
clockwise turns,
door stop, the spherical covering has much to offer. crossing over two
Geoffrey Budworth, in his Book of Decorative Knots, parts.
shows some excellent globe or ball coverings. He
has named them, rather prosaically I think, for some
of the planets of our solar system, including our
own Earth. He has also included the famous ten-
strand knot that was noted in Susan Patron’s book
The Higher Power of Lucky, noted at the end of this
chapter. I have included those here, together with
some other Globe Knots for you to try out.
In Ashley’s Book of Knots, numbers 2216 and
2217 are spherical knots that allow you to cover
a knot with a single cord. Number 2218 is also a 2 Follow with two
more overs, again
spherical knot, but in it, one pass is all that a single continuing clock-
cord can make, according to Ashley. Any more wise.
passes than that, and you will have to add a second
(or third) cord alongside for a more decorative
flourish, but I have a surprise in store! Ashley points
out that the size and shape of the object you wish to
cover, as well as the size of the object to which it is
attached, will have a strong bearing on which knot
you choose. If you have a thick staff or cane, with a
small sphere on top, you will likely need a spherical
covering with a large number of bights to its 3
circumference. On the other hand, a relatively thin
rod, like a gear-shifter, can accept as few as three Add four more.
bights around its circumference. Take a look at these
three knots, which each have three or four bights to
their circumference, making triangular and square
facets through which the support may be inserted.

ashley’s knot #2216
(buDworth’s earth knot)

This knot is quite handsome and can be constructed
in less than an hour. Because it starts and finishes
at the same point in the crossings, it can be made
using multiple passes with one cord (you can also
introduce a contrasting colour between the first two 4 Add one more over, go under the start, then
passes). The knot has twenty-six facets, of which over, and then a false over (we will re-direct the
working end in the next move)…