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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

996. A PENTAGON with very precise edges. Tie over an enlarged

diagram and tuck each end to the stem beyond the second standing

part. This requires a craftier hand than was needed for the three-

or four-sided knots, but if worked with care it should present no

difficulties.

997. A similar but larger design provides a PENTAGON with a series

of ten bights around the rim. In this knot, as in the last, each end

should finally be tucked to the stem beyond a second standing part.

998. A SEVEN-BIGHT KNOT with a five-part center. Surprisingly

enough, despite this disparity of rim and center, the knot is the

most successful large DISK shown. Probably this irregularity con-

tributes something to the success of the knot, for jlji994, which is

just as large and quite as round, has such a regular weave that it

detracts from the impression of roundness and suggests an angular

figure.

999. A ROUND FLAT KNOT that in form is a very short, truncated

cone. Tuck the ends of the knot beyond the second standing part.

This is clearly illustrated in the diagram.

1000. The remaining knots may be termed SPORTS, since they do

not conform to the arbitrary limitations to which the knot:' already

shown in this ;::h;:lpter have ger'lprally been held. The present knot has

no compartment at all in the top center; instead, it has a cross. The

form is based on SINGLE-STRAND BUTTON KNOT jlji6I9, but it is tied

with two strands Instead of a single strand. The strands are seized

and introduced through the hole in the board or table. If the knot

is to remain single after completing the diagram form, lead one end

over the center diagonal befere sticking it down. If doubled, the knot

perhaps is more satisfactory.

Other ON£-STRAND BUTTON KNOTS may be tied as TWO-STRAND

BUTTONS by pulling down the center part, which automatically pro-

vides a four-part stem. Still others may be easily tied as FOUR-STRAND

BUTTONS. Most of the TRIANGULAR SINGLE-STRAND BUTTONS of Chap-

ter 5 were originally adapted from multi-strand diagrams that were
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already included in this chapter.

1001. This shows a very regular knob pattern that may not be

completely tied by introducing the strands either at the rim or at the

center, because one line of the diagram fails to touch either the rim

or the center.

To tie: Copy the right diagram, take a SiX-STRAND SINNET, and

stick two opposite ends up throu~h holes on the diagram at the spot!

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