Page 110 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

GRIEF KNOT

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(ALSO KNOWN AS WHATKNOT) OJ
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his has a sim.ilar forn1ation to the granny knot, except that the ends are diagonally z
T opposite each other. Like the granny and thief knots, the grief knot is not a very a
secure knot, but with the ends pulled tightly it could be used to bind lightweight "
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structures made of garden canes.
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Tuck the working end up, ~~:..---~::::::=~-ill
2 through the bight ..41
just made, angling it
towards the other
short end.

Make a bight in one end of
I the cord.
Tuck the working end
3 under the short leg of the
bight and then over the
standing part of the bight.

Tuck the working end back once
4 more through the bight to emerge
from the completed knot alongside its
own standing part.