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Globe Knot Beads Part 2

Jan 17, 2009

The offspring asked for a pink knot. Here is one. This is a globe knot with 14 facets. 14SGZ to be precise. Generally speaking, the more facets, the more I like it, but that's not how you start people off. I actually timed myself this time. From start to where I'm reasonably happy to leave it alone is approximately 40 minutes. The slight football shape to the core bead is bugging me. The next core bead will be more round if I can find one without too much digging.
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Globe Knot Beads

Jan 16, 2009

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The 12 (left) and 13 (right) facet globes. I like the 13 better than the 12, but I have a couple of days yet to decide what I’m going to teach as mentioned yesterday

Tool and Book Review: Globe Knot Tool and Cookbook

Jan 15, 2009

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Don Burrhus has written (at this point) 3 books and sells kits to go with them. Two are about Turks Head Knots and the most recent is about globe knots. I have all of them, but I’ll tackle the Turks Head kit and books more thoroughly at a later date.

Tools Tools Tools

Jan 14, 2009

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This is a piece intended to be a page on The Chinese Knotting Homepage that I wrote back in 2006, but never posted. Maybe I’ll turn around and post it there right after I post it here. Maybe I’ll wait a few more years. Who knows? 8)

Xmas 2008 Final Snowflakes

Jan 13, 2009

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project string One of the things I love about Chinese knotting is that it is so portable. Given some string and the skill of your hands you can make so many things. And so it is that I am most often tying knots while out and about (waiting for kids!) and not at home where my supplies, tools, and scanner are. This blog in particular is an experiment to see how well I can document what I’ve done with just the recording equipment I’ve usually got (phone camera).