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Knots of diverse colors were used as belts, identity tags, and as a decorative element on instruments. In the ruling palaces, knots were used to signify dignity and prestige. For religious purposes knots decorated Buddhist ornaments. The most common use of knots was in Norigae, traditional Korean ornaments worn by women to decorate clothing.
A Celtic button knot is a stopper knot on a single rope that results in a spherical decorative knot with hair braid / basket weave pattern. It is essentially a single strand Turk's Head Knot that is structured such a way that it is effectively tied around the rope itself, creating a stopper.
A Matthew Walker knot is tied in a circular bundle of any number of strands. To tie the knot, the tier takes each strand and forms a loop around the rest of the bundle, then passes the end through the newly formed loop to form an overhand knot. They then move to the next strand over, moving around the bundle in the direction they pass the loops.
A decorative or ornamental knot (also fancy knot [1]) is an often complex knot exhibiting repeating patterns. A decorative knot is generally a knot that not only has practical use but is also known for its aesthetic or ornamental qualities. [ 2 ]
Carrick mat – flat woven decorative knot which can be used as a mat or pad; Cat's paw – connects a rope to an object; Catshank – variant of the sheepshank, clinched by two overhand knots with the bights passed through the twists; Celtic button knot – a spherical decorative knot; Chain sinnet – method of shortening a rope or other cable
On knotted rope halters, the knot often is used under the jaw both as a decorative knot, and also to fashion the lower loop onto which a lead rope is attached. On a rope halter, the fiador knot is made from one continuous piece of rope, and is, along with a series of double overhand knots, one of two types of knots that comprise most rope halters.
Media in category "Decorative knots" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Harrington knot.png 300 × 300; 34 KB. Heneage Knot.png 300 × 330; 28 KB
Mizuhiki on an envelope — this photo shows gold and silver kekkon mizuhiki adorning a shūgi-bukuro, commonly given as a gift at weddings.. Mizuhiki (水引, lit. ' water-pull ') is an ancient Japanese artform of knot-tying, most commonly used to decorate envelopes, called kinpū, which are given as gifts during holidays like Japanese New Year (and are then called otoshidama) or for special ...
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