Knot tying for decorations

Tying knots for fun. Here I will be talking about tying a Turk's Head Knot. The water bottle on the left is covered by a Turk's Head Knot it is made up of 10 bights and 27 leads. The number of bights along with the type cord you use will determine the diameter of the knot the number of leads will determine the height of the knot it self. In order to keep your knot looking proportional it important to use the right number of bights and leads. There are several things to consider when deciding how may bights and leads you will need. Firs you will need to choose what you will be putting your knot around, second you will need to consider the diameter of the cord you will be using, and third you will need to find out if the number of bites to leads is a possible combination. Not all combination's of bites and leads can be combined for example you cold not have a Turk's Head Knot that was 3 bits by 3 leads however you could make it 3 bites by 4 leads. To find out if the knot you want to create is possible I have linked a table which shows possible combination's of bites to leads. You can also use this link to see in more detail how to create your Turks Head Knot. After you have Chosen the number of bights and leads you will use you will need to create a pattern. For small knots it is possible to learn how to make them with out the use of a pattern but by using a pattern you will be less prone to errors. The above link also shows how to make your pattern you can print out their example and rap it around something round or you can Create Your Own Graph Paper
and then start making your knot. The pictures to the right and below show my pattern layout. I used a small poster/picture tube and used thumb tacks as anchors so that I can move them based on the size knot I choose.
After you have created your knot your can remove the knot from the pattern and place it around your object say a water bottle you have to remove the excess cord. this is done by simply pulling the cord tight following the direction you created your knot. I also find it helpful to have something like a small nail or something that you can work under the cord to work it loose once it starts getting tight. Below I have included several links to other pages that give ideas for more knots and how they can be used.

Http://www.folsoms.net/knots/tejay/index.htm

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/knotlink.htm#knottying

http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/axonometric/

http://mrknotical.blogspot.com/

http://khww.net/news.php