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THE EVER YTHING KNOTS BOOK

Looking at this book almost chapter by chapter, here are some
considerations and ideas of what to look for.
Unlikely materials can make for unique handmade rope. Use red,
white, and green strands to make rope for the Christmas holiday
season. You can use it as ribbon for presents, or to make decorations.
Single-strand stopper knots can be simple or very involved, and
many of them look like buttons. Even an Overhand Knot takes on
many different appearances when the running end or a bight is
tucked back into one of its segments. Sometimes this method
makes a small matlike knot. The number of multiple-strand stopper
knots is legion, and this type of knot is the most symmetrical when
all the strands are tucked similarly.

ESSENTIAL

When looking for new ways to make decorative knots, such
as multistrand stopper knots, or many of the knots from
Chapter 10, you will reduce the options you need to try by
keeping one thing in mind: The tucks should follow an over-
one-under-one pattern. Look ahead to the next step you will
need so that you may meet this requirement.

There are lots of ways to make loops, both at the end of a rope
and in the bight. Any single-strand stopper knot tied with the end
folded over makes a loop knot because the running end makes a
loop, and because it is a bight, it doesn’t have to be near the end.
Multiple loops offer more possibilities, and in some cases, a multiple-
loop knot is of the exact same structure as a coil secured with that
knot. For example, a coil that is secured at the top with the Bowline
is the same as the Portuguese Bowline made with extra loops.
Hitches can be thought of as a slip loop, or as a binding knot
with one of the leads acting as a standing part. If it is a com-
plication in rope that attaches it to something, you have a hitch.
Bindings can be changed in all sorts of ways. The crossings of

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