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commitment to both practical and ornamental knotting. As a bracelet, it is the
curiously named “woggle” traditionally worn by Boy Scouts to hold their neck

scarves in place.
The Turk’s head knot has been used since time immemorial. Entire manuals

have been written about just this one family of knots. Some knot tyers do
nothing else. Enormous Turk’s heads have been completed, by scaling up the

number of leads and bights, and their ultimate size is limited only by the
available length of line (and patience). Then, as a change from the regular over-

under-over sequence, herringbone or twill weaves (over 2-under 2) and other
variations are possible. Rim bights may be made to leap-frog one another in

complicated picot patterns. T-shaped and cruciform Turk’s heads are possible.
Using certain formulas, graph paper and a special kind of slide rule designed for

the purpose, candelabras and hollow spheres have been created. The
ramifications of the Turk’s head knot are truly infinite.