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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.
figure 41
figure 42.1
