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decoRative Round Mat
The next variety of round flat knot to try is one of
these. The style is that of the thump mat, but with
added Half Hitches, which are also used elsewhere
in making mats, to add a touch of interior interest
– a good technique that can readily be applied for
many shapes of mat. The pattern here appears at
first to be complex, and yet, if you study it closely
you will observe that it is similar to the thump mat,
though amended to include an additional interior 3
twisted loop. The thump mat contains twice as add two more interior passes.
many bights to the outer rim as it does to the
interior rim. In the case of the above mat, however,
the number of exterior bights is four times as many
as those of the interior (24 outer bights and six inner
bights), because of that extra interior loop. Copy the
blank pattern to a sheet matching the size you want
your mat to be. Try using T-pins to pin the line down
to a board as you proceed, as shown below.

4 then add two more inside loops, bringing the

inside loop total so far to four, with six outside
loops.
1 Start your line in the middle and work both

ways, one strand to each loop, making one
outside loop and one inside.

2 exterior loop and form the first interior pass. 5 With two more interior passes and two more

outside loops, we near the end of the first
Following the pattern, continue to make another
passes.