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MULTI-STRAND BUTTONS, TIED ON THE TABLE

marked X. Wall the four remaining strands beneath the diagram

and around the two inactive strands, and stick them up through the

remaining holes on the diagram, in the order indicated. Crown as

shown in the lower right diagram. Then remove the diagram, and

Bouble the parts not already doubled, finally sticking the ends down

at the stem. This is a very neat design, which presented a nice prob-

lem in tying.

The more elaborate knots of this volume were drawn on slate or

paper before they were committed to cord or rope. Some of the

knots have several hundred crossings and could hardly be tied off-

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hand.

1002. A knot without any wall. Double the crown as shown. Six

strands are required. The knot is regular and of good appearance.

1003. None of the conventional methods appear to be absolutely

necessary for there is generall another way to tie any knot. If

strands are diverted, after comp eting their regular cycles, into other

cycles after the manner of the MONKEY'S FIST (see Chapter 29) al-

most any regular design appears to be a possible knot. The presem

diagram may be tied by the rim method with six strands. But by the

center method alone, only half the knot will be tied. To make with

three strands, by an adaptation of the MONKEY'S FIST method: Make

an enlarged copy of the diagram, introduce the strands at the center,

1002.

and pin out according to the diagram. After each cord has been led

and doubled one cycle, it is diverted into another cycle. This makes

a successful knot that is superficially the same as 7!i943, but it is much

more trouble to tie.

1004. The accompanying knot is the result of an attempt to vary

the texture of these knots, which has so far been regularly over one

and under one. The sequence in this knot, after a basic wall has been

tied, is over two and under one, or else over one and under two. It is

not a bad knot, but it was a difficult one to plot and draw up. It

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must be worked skillfully and unhurriedly.

1005. A distinctive knot that has four six-sided compartments,

which are not, however, very apparent when the knot is completed.

Take four strands, wall and then crown them, as in the left diagram.

Tuck the ends as indicated by the arrow in the left diagram, pull

them and arrange the crown to take the form of the right diagram.

Follow the lead below the wall to the right, and after doubling the

entire knot stick the ends down to the stem beyond the first bight

to the right.

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