Page 122 - The Ashley Book of Knots

SINGLE-STRAND BUTTON KNOTS

imposing two identical single-plane diagrams, one on top of the other,

one slued at a 45-degree angle to the other. This made the knot

confusing to tie but easy to work.

The knot was later projected as given here and tied as SINGLE-

PLANE KNOT 11655. In this way it proved easier to tie but more dif-

ficult to work. As the knot does not have a regular over-one-and-

lInder-one sequence throughout, the encircled points are not num-

bered, and the diagram must be followed very carefully. When the

knot has been tied the outside rim or edge is lifted up and the rim

closed together at the top center to form the upper plane of the

knot, while the stem leads out of the knot at the right lower edge.

656. A little more care is necessary in tying the knot in two planes,

but after it is once tied it is already in roper completed form and

requires nothing further but a gradua working into the finished

shape, shown in the illustration of the key guard. The cord moves

from one plane to the other as it rounds the rim after each crossing.

There is one peculiar feature to be noted, and that is where the sec-

ond vertical from the left does not cross the diagram completely

but turns downward and returns to the bottom in a right diagonal

after going two thirds of the way to the top.

To tie a watch guard, middle a cord and tie the BUITON KNOT, then

at the proper distance tie KNIFE LANYARD KNOT 11787. Finally form

the key loop with one end, and tuck that end back into the knot,

withdrawing the opposing end two full tucks. Draw all snug, and

cut off the ends.

A similar diagram to 11656 is utilized in Chapter 4 as SINGLE-CORD

LANYARD KNOT 11593.

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