Decorative Ball Knot

It has 4 bights and serves well as a more decorative knot to the commonly used lanyard knot.

Decorative ball knot. I find them useful as decorative stopper terminal knots. The monkey s fist knot abok 2200 3 p 354 is used both as a decorative knot and to weight the end of a heaving line see caution below. For the demonstration a u shaped piece of metal strip was used instead and three turns of rope were used in each direction. There are whole books devoted to tying decorative knots.

Welcome to decorative knots. Add a trendy nautical touch to your home decor with these decorative rope orbs or monkeys fist. In this video i demonstrate a 2 stranded stopper knot with a gaucho knot look. After each set of complete turns change.

This is a decorative knot that will add a lot of interest to your project. A spiral stitch also called a half knot sinnet or half knot spiral is a series of half knots to create a spiral stitch. A spiral stitch needs at least 4 cords 2 working and 2 filler cords but more can be used. Here you ll find paracord tutorials videos tips tricks and lessons on everything related to paracord weaving paracord bracelet making and knot tying.

The celtic button knot looks similar to the lanyard knot but is tied along a single strand without forming a loop on one end. The monkey s fist knot is usually tied around separated fingers. Grab some 1 4 sisal rope and and learn how to make a monkey fist for your diy coastal wedding or. Monkey s fist a functional and decorative knot commonly found in heaving lines sometimes with a stone or ball bearing in the center to give it some weight.

The knots here were selected as merely an introduction to the fun to be had with a piece of rope and cord. The knot in the photo is part of a morning star that i made 10 or so years ago used only for beating the dust out of boat carpets it has a golf ball in the center. It works especially well.