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overhand
knot
masking
tape
carrick
bend
Alternating carrick bends form a
diamond pattern on the water bottle.
Place the water bottle on the
twine base.
To make the sides and handle
for the carrier, follow these steps:
1 > Pick up two strands from adja-
cent carrick bends and tie them
into a carrick bend.
2 > Continue to tie carrick bends
up the side of the bottle in
alternating fashion (see dia-
gram). You’ll find that the knots
slip out of place quite easily,
so using bits of making tape
to hold them in place on the
bottle will help immensely.
3 > When you get to the top of the
bottle, tie an overhand knot in
each set of strands.
7 > Repeat this process with the
remaining set of loose ends.
8 > Pull on each set of loose ends
to make sure all the slack is out
of the center. Tie a nice over-
hand knot in each set to stop
your work from coming apart.
square
knot
4 > Gather four adjacent strands
together and loosely tie six
square knots with them, wrap-
ping the two outer strands
around the two inner strands,
to make the handle for the
carrier (see Chapter 2 to learn
how to tie square knots).
5> Repeat these square knots
with the other four strands
(see diagram).
6 > Make a tunnel-like space
down the middle of one set
of the square knots. Work the
loose ends from the other set
of square knots through the
space in the first set and out Square knots added to create a
the bottom of the square knots. handle for the water bottle holder.