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The first two leads are complete and the third lead is being
made with the working end, shown going up to the left. The third and final lead is being laid down.

Turk’s Head Bracelet
bight 10 feet of #48 cotton seine twine
1 to 2 feet of heavy thread and
a needle
sharp knife or scissors
ruler
This is the next most complicated
Turk’s Head knot. It’s labeled
three leads
3L x 5B (which means 3 leads and
5 bights). It makes a nice mat knot,
and after some manipulation it
can be turned into the Turk’s Head
bracelet.
The knot is easier to make if
you tape or pin each clover to your
work surface as you make it. Fol-
low these steps and refer to the
drawings to make a Turk’s Head
bracelet.
3L 3 5B
1 > About 6 inches from the bit-
The finished Turk’s Head bracelet. Note that cotton twine can shrink, so make ter end of the twine, make two
the bracelet a bit larger than your wrist if you are going to be swimming or overlapping bights to create
showering with it on. the first two clovers.