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78 tHE UltiMatE bOOK OF dECOratiVE KnOts

other plaits
Wall-Around-the-Crown plaits are easy to form
with any number of strands. Here I have shown
some strands in a single colour and then in two
colours to illustrate what is achievable.
Start with the basic crowning technique, shown
here tied anti-clockwise.
1a Cross two cords in their

centre, knotting them
together if you wish – it
is not vital to making 1d – then anti-clockwise again, pass the next
the knot, but it makes it strand over two.
easier to handle.

1e – finally moving the last strand over two and

under the first strand, completing the cycle.

Here we show the beginning of an
anti-clockwise Crown – pass one strand
1b anti-clockwise over its neighbour…

1c – then anti-clockwise

again, pass the next
strand over two.

1f The last stage is to tighten all the

strands.