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MULTI-STRAND BUTTONS, TIED IN HAND

860. A "THRICE-CROWNED KNOT" is mighty like a ROSE in appear-

ance, but in construction it differs essentially.

Make a snug crown, which forms the top center of the finished 860

knot. Crown below this, and then double this last crown by follow-

ing below the le:l.d of the second one. Draw up snugly. The result

makes a handsome and distinctive knob.

861. We are now approaching the ROSE KNOT, an early form of

BUTTON that was sometimes tied in the ends of deck stoppers instead

of STOPPER KNOT #674. So far as I know, this knot has never been

described, although it is referred to from time to time in the litera-

ture of the sea and was mentioned as early as 1769 in Falconer's

Dictionary of the Marine. The ROSE consists of a DOUBLE KNOT sur-

mounted by a single crown. This much at least is known. But the

knot is the least standardized of all, and there are so many different

ways in which a similar result can be obtained that there can be no

certainty as to which was the earliest form. A number of the forms

given here I have seen tied; others are the results of my attempt

to identify the logical pretender to the title.

The knot alongside is the simplest form that I have seen. A Sf, I

DOUBLE WALL (#780) is tied, and each strand in turn is stuck to the

stem as indicated by the arrow.

862. The DOUBLE WALL, crowned, may be the original and true

ROSE KNOT. Moore (180 I) speaks of the "DOUBLE WALL, crowned,"

but pictures a STOPPER KNOT, crowned (~864)'

The Portuguese appl the name "PINHA DE ROSA" to the DOUBLE

DIAM'lND KNOT. The wedes apply the name "ROSENKNOP" to a

DOUBLE DIAMOND AND CROWN. But both of these are STOPPER KNOTS

instead of BUTTONS, and we know the English ROSE KNOT is the

latter.

863. The STOPPER KNOT tucked to the right without crowning

makes a very handsome flat-topped knot, that belongs in this series.

864. The STOPPER KNOT, crowned, is ictured by Vial Du Clair-

bois (1783) and by Moore (1801). Bra y in 1841, speaking of the

STOPPER KNOT, says, "Some persons will crown them but there is no

need of it." Bushell also speaks of this knot being used as a stopper.

Its claim to the name rose is at least as good as that of the DOUBLE

WALL AND CROWN (~862).

864

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