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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

649. Here is a knot resembling a DOUBLE FOUR-STRAND MAT-

THEW WALKER, with two additional parallel center parts, similar to

~646; but a much bulkier knot. When drawn up evenly this is quite

handsome.

650. A sport that will serve better as a pendant on a window shade

or light cord than as a practical knot, since it has champagne-bottle

shoulders. The texture is regularly over-one-and-under-one.

651. Superficially this knot appears to be related to the MONKEY'S

FIST, all parts being at right angles to each other.

652. A knot that has already been shown among the double loops.

With the loops pulled up snugly, the knot makes a distinctive button.

653. The distinctive texture of this knot is due largely to the way

in which it is drawn up. Although at first it maya pear complicated,

if a fairly stiff cord is employed, such as a brai ed curtain or sash

cord, the knot will probably fall into proper shape of its own voli·

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654. An ambitious knot that is not very successful. It was intended

to be rectangular in form but is too large to be tied without a core.

Take a piece of white pine about one inch square and three quarters

of an inch thick. Bore a hole through this block from top to bottom

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large enough for the two ends to be tucked through, and counter-

sink both ends of the hole.

Tie the knot, and when it is partly drawn up sli the wooden core

inside. Reeve the ends through the hole and own through th~

bottom of the knot. Then work the knot snugly around the block.

655. A WAFER-SHAPED KNOT with the ends led out at the rim.

This knot was first tied in two planes, as KNOT ~656, by super-

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