Page 209 - Adlard Coles "The Knot Bible"

Star knot
KNOT SCORE
All the decorative knots so far have had a similar recognisable pattern, Strength
one building on the next. The star knot does its own thing, however, and Security
apart from the appearance of a crown halfway through, doesn’t bear much Diffi culty Tying
relation to any of the others. Use it as part of a decorative lanyard or, by Diffi culty Untying
Usefulness
tucking the ends down one more time, turn it into a button or toggle.

1 Prepare the line or seized lines 2 Work in an anticlockwise direction 3 Pass each strand over its
as before (page 198, Step 1). Put an around the line, or seized lines. neighbour to the left, working
underhand loop in each strand, and in a clockwise direction.
tuck the end through the loop
immediately to its right.
KNOT KNOW-HOW

The finished star knot in Step 8 can be
turned into a button simply by tucking
each end through the loop to its
immediate left, keeping it parallel with
the adjacent strand. Alternatively, you
can go the extra mile and throw in a
crown before you tuck the ends away.
This adds a nice decorative touch to the
centre of the star, as well as making the
knot more secure.

5 ... and down through the nearest 6 You should now have a pattern of
loop, keeping the line parallel with double interlocking strands, with the
the adjacent strand. ends emerging below the knot.

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