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Crowning see continuous crowning.

Crown knot: forms the basis of many stopper knots, but it cannot be used alone, as it will come
undone.

Unlay the rope to the required length, and then interweave the strands. You can use any number of
strands. Work with the lay of the rope, by passing each strand around over its neighbour and the last

strand and down through the bight of the first (figure 41). All of the strands will emerge from the
bottom of the knot (unlike the otherwise similar wall knot, where the strands emerge from the top) and
be pointing downwards. The knot can now be pulled tight; see also back splice, continuous crowning,
crown plait, double crown, wall knot and wall and crown plait.

Crown plait, spiral: created by continuous crowning with not more than four strands, in an

anticlockwise direction and without a central heart. The result will be a spiral effect – figure 42.1
shows the view from underneath, and figure 42.2 shows a completed plait; see also continuous
crowning and crown knot.