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Crown Sennits

It is also possible to make a different sennit using six strands, crowning

alternate strands, three strands then the other three strands on top, always in the
same direction. Again the same can be done with eight strands, alternating four

and four. If you make a plain crown knot using six strands you will notice that
there will be a space in the middle. Six strands will not pull up tightly enough to

lose the space. If another strand is placed in the middle as a center core, a
crown sennit of six strands and a core is made. This form of the crown sennit is
useful for covering all sorts of cores, the more strands the bigger the core

needed. The use to which you put this whole range of crown sennits is up to
your imagination. They can be included in ships’ bellropes, rope fenders, the

handles of dog leads, key fobs—the list
is endless.

Four-strand square crown sennit

1 Make a four-strand crown knot with the
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strands pointing in a counterclockwise
direction. Pull tight.

Make another crown in the opposite
(clockwise) direction on top of the first
crown. The strands will point back in the

direction in which they have just come.
Pull it tight to sit neatly on the previous
crown.

2 Repeat this crowning, first in one
direction then in another, until the
required length is made.

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