Tighten, in two or three phases, you will keep a hole in the middle, or tie this knot around an other and keep that in the centre of this knot. If you need a knot which is closed in the middle, try the 'over 3' version of this knot.
| If you make this knot for the first time, and at the end of a braid make sure you have a worktop with a hole, and put the braid in the hole. The hole can be a little space between two tables or cardboard or foam with a hole on your worktable. | ||
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Like the crown knot with 4 ends, place your strings on the table like the spokes of a wheel, number the ends if you wish, with the clock, start at the nine o 'clock position. | |
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move that string over the next, keep a little loop at the arrow. | |
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Repeat with the next six. Remember that in going over a new string, you also go over the one you just put on the table in its new position. | |
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| The last has to go through the loop made by the first. Tighten, in two or three phases, you will keep a hole in the middle, or tie this knot around an other and keep that in the centre of this knot. If you need a knot which is closed in the middle, try the 'over 3' version of this knot. |
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| ©Willeke 2002 | ||