Page 215 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

SQUARE KNOT

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z T Japanese-crown knot are just three.Try it on curtain tie-backs or for dressing-gown belts.
:I This knot works well using two different-coloured cords, as well as flat strips of leather.
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Make a bight in the end of
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over the end of the other cord.

Take the working end of
2 the second cord up behind
the bight in the first cord.

Bring the working end of
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the second cord down over,
and in front of, the bight in the
first cord.