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icy hydrogen and helium with an atmosphere of
methane. Methane has four hydrogen atoms to
every carbon atom, which may be the reason for the
name Budworth gave it (four rings and one centre).
It makes for a grand spherical covering that is not
too time-consuming to make. In the instructions
below, I have used compass bearings to denote a
direction or location.

9 Now tighten, fair, and then make a second pass

(or a third or fourth) to complete the covering,
left slightly gappy here.

The Compass Rose, with labelled points around
the perimeter, to give an idea of direction in the
instructions following. You are assumed to be
standing at the centre of the rose.

Here is the view of the finished knot, viewed from
the equator, where you can see the mix of triangu-
lar and square meeting facets.

ashley’s knot #2217
(buDworth’s uranus knot)
Uranus takes eighty-four Earth-years to orbit the
pattern shows four sets of two concentric rings, 1 Start by making two concentric circles, clock-
sun. Knot #2217 in Ashley’s book (Budworth’s
Uranus Knot) takes about eighty-four Earth-
wise here, although this may also be made anti-
minutes to make, fully faired. Note that the final
clockwise. These are the inner NE and the outer
with eight triangular facets and the rest of the NW circles respectively. The crossings are over,
then under, over, under.
facets square, formed by making, alternately, the
inner and outer rings. The planet Uranus is mostly