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MUL TI-STRAND BUTTONS, TIED ON THE TABLE

purposes it is an excellent material for finished knot work. After it

is painted it has a texture very much like canvas-covered strands.

Many of the completed STOPPER KNOTS of Chapter 6 and the

LANYARD KNOTS of Chapters 7 and 8 may be satisfactorily converted

into MULTI-STRAND BUTTON KNOTS by crowning them and then

tucking the ends of the strands to· the stem, or, in some cases, by

tucking the ends to the stem without first crowning them.

901. The CAULIFLOWER KNOT. Crown and wall six strands, and

then double the crown only, as in the knots on the two previous

pages. Draw up the knot, then turn the structure upside down, and,

in this position, tie a diamond with all six strands as shown in the

second diagram. This is to be doubled similarly to LANYARD KNOT

'#: I 20.

To do this, tuck down over one and under one, as shown in the

second diagram, and tuck each strand up over two and under two, as

indicated by the arrow in the third diagram. Finally, turn back this

second knot around the neck of the first knot, and draw all taut.

902. With five strands make a crown like the diagram given here

at the left. Add a wall, and then double the crown only, following

the lead on the inside. Stick the ends to the stem, add a STAR KNOT

('#:88 I) below the knot already described, and finally tuck the ends

out at the stem.

903. CROWN UPON CROWN. Seize six strands and tie two crowns,

one outside the other (see second diagram), and draw all taut. Turn

the structure upside down, and stop the strands to the stem as in the

third diagram. In this position make a crown and wall to the right,

and double this, following above the lead, the stem still being held

aloft. Finally, stick the ends to the stem as they lie.

Knots of the W ALL AND CROWN variety generally require doubling

if they are to be fillll. But if the centers are tied before the rims,

knots can be made that do not require doubling. The SINGLE-STRAND

BUTTONS of Chapter 5 are tied in this way; that is to say, the strands

are introduced at the center. Most of the SINGLE-STRAND BUTTONS

that have a square compartment at the center, or that can be adapted

to that arrangement, may be tied as MULTI-STRAND BUTTONS. But

SINt'iLE-STRAND BUTTON diagrams in which the parts around the

center do not rotate in one direction do not easily permit the intro-

duction of strands at the center. Moreover SINGLE-STRAND BUTTONS

in which the parts around the rim do not all rotate in the same

direction may not be started with a WALL KNOT.