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Turk’s Head Knot > 13
• 2L x 5B (2 leads and 5 bights) Turk’s Head knot tied in various twine sizes, will fit nicely: the #18,
tied with 2 to 3 feet of #18 cotton seine twine the smallest, fits inside the #36, which fits into the
• 2L x 5B Turk’s Head knot tied with 3 feet of #36 #48. The three “nested” knots now fit atop the #60
cotton seine twine Turk’s Head mat.
• 3L x 5B (3 leads and 5 bights) Turk’s Head knot 4 > Glue all the knots in place and then glue the stack
tied with 2 to 3 feet of #48 cotton seine twine of knots to the top of the box. (Thin the glue with
• 3L x 5B Turk’s Head knot tied with 5 to 6 feet of a little water and apply with a small watercolor
#60 cotton seine twine brush.)
3 > Arrange the four knots as shown, nested together 5 > Finish the box with more shellac, stain, or paint as
like Russian Matryoshka dolls. The different knots, needed.
