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Wall and crown garment buttons
tied with leather lacing and cotton
seine twine.

Chapter 11 >

Garment Buttons

Using the Wall

and Crown Knots

In addition to the Chinese button knot (described in
Chapter 10), there is another useful button made from
a wall knot and a crown knot. The wall and crown is a ver-

satile knot. Tied with a certain number of strands and ma-
nipulated just so, voila—a rope fender. Tied with a certain
number of strands and manipulated just so, voila—a knob
at the end of a rope railing or at the bottom of a rope lad-

der. Tied in a different configuration with a different number
of strands, voila—garment buttons perfect for a blazer (if
they’re tied in leather) and so classy if they’re tied in cotton
seine twine for a fisherman’s knit sweater. The garment but-

ton is attached to the garment by means of the small bight
we sewed in at the start with the length of #18 cotton seine
twine (the single strand). The dark-colored button shown is
made from ⁄8-inch leather lacing; the light-colored button
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is made from #72 cotton seine twine.

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