Now onto some knotting, plaiting and wrapping…
Image 1 – Wool knotted to make a cord:
Image 2 – Knotted wool to make a cord:
Image 3 – A machine cord knotted over a length of dyed twine:
Image 4 – machine cord knotted over a length of dyed twine with a bead string woven between the knots:
Image 5 – Machine cords knotted over dyed twine:
Image 6 – Two machine cords knotted over a length of dyed twine:
Image 7 – Using my trusty tape dispenser to weight down the end of the yarns as I plaited:
Image 8 – plaited yarns/cords. The top two are three-yarn/cord plaits and the bottom two are 4-yarn/cord plaits:
Image 9 – Close up of four-chord plait:
Image 10 – Close up of three-chord plait:
Image 11 – Wrapped yarn around twisted cords:
Image 12 – Close up of machine cords wrapped in opposite directions around a twisted cord (this is my favourite cord!):
Image 13 – I tried very very hard a great number of times (with different yarns/cords) to make a turks’ head knot but failed miserably. I gave up!:
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