Jekyll2022-08-06T20:14:09-07:00http://localhost:4000/feed/tag/outline.xmlKnotty Notions ][ OutlineA decorative knotting blog.Carol WangBasics: Knot Anatomy: The Making Of: Part 22009-02-17T00:00:00-08:002009-02-17T00:00:00-08:00http://localhost:4000/basics/basics-knot-anatomy-the-making-of-part-2<p><a href="http://www.chineseknotting.org/coin/howto2/2-coin.jpg" title="bigger"><img src="http://www.chineseknotting.org/coin/howto2/2-coin-stamp.jpg" alt="double coin in white cord outlined in black" align="left" /></a><a href="http://www.chineseknotting.org/coin/howto2/sideline-2c.jpg" title="bigger"><img src="http://www.chineseknotting.org/coin/howto2/sideline-2c-stamp.jpg" alt="double coin in white cord sidelined in black" align="right" /></a> Since the <a href="http://www.chineseknotting.org/coin/">double coin</a> didn’t like <a href="/basics/knot-anatomy-making-of-part-1">being tied in president’s cord</a> it seemed best to use regular satin cord and, for colour contrast, <strong>outline</strong> in black.
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<p>A common decorative technique for fancying up your knots (I like to call this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscripts">illumination</a>) is to take a cord of contrasting colour and pull it through the knot in parallel. When done with a cord of the same colour it is usually called <a href="/basics/cord-anatomy">doubling</a>. When done with a cord (usually smaller in size) of contrasting colour, I like to call it <strong>sidelining</strong> (<em>see right</em>). When <em>both</em> sides of the cord are sidelined, then I call it <strong>outlining</strong> (<em>see left</em>).</p>Carol WangSince the double coin didn’t like being tied in president’s cord it seemed best to use regular satin cord and, for colour contrast, outline in black.