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Curtain tie back?
I'm trying desperately to figure out how to tie a certain kind of
drapery knot. I've seen some discussions here that the Ashley Book of Knots may be of some assistance, but the copy of the book I have seen does not seem to reference it. I've uploaded some photos of the specific knot he Here's a commercial picture of what the finished product ought to look like: http://www.indianproduct.com/tasseln...ck/tbk044d.jpg Here's a phone snap of a similar one we have in our home that shows more explicitly that there are two loops that come out either side of the knot: http://s579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ed_tieback.gif Here's a phone snap of the patient we are working on. As you can see its a bit of a mess! http://s579.photobucket.com/albums/s...nt=themess.png Any idea which direction we should look? We've tried all sorts of references online, and while we're finding a lot of stuff on sailing knots we're not seeing anything that shows us how to do this. Any help very much appreciated! Thanks in advance, Kyle Hodgson |
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Curtain tie back?
I'm trying desperately to figure out how to tie a certain kind of
drapery knot. I've seen some discussions here that the Ashley Book of Knots may be of some assistance, but the copy of the book I have seen does not seem to reference it. I've uploaded some photos of the specific knot he Here's a commercial picture of what the finished product ought to look like: http://www.indianproduct.com/tasseln...ck/tbk044d.jpg Here's a phone snap of a similar one we have in our home that shows more explicitly that there are two loops that come out either side of the knot: http://s579.photobucket.com/albums/s...tion=view&curr ent=red_tieback.gif Here's a phone snap of the patient we are working on. As you can see its a bit of a mess! http://s579.photobucket.com/albums/s...tion=view&curr ent=themess.png Any idea which direction we should look? We've tried all sorts of references online, and while we're finding a lot of stuff on sailing knots we're not seeing anything that shows us how to do this. Any help very much appreciated! Can you loosen the example you have and reverse engineer it? There are two leads coming from the tassel, but four exiting the knot. Either another cord is introduced from somewhere, or the ends of the two tassel cords are inside the knot. If you can carefully loosen the extant eample, you might be able to see how it's done. I can't find anything useful in Ashley, either. Scott |
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Curtain tie back?
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:00:41 -0700 (PDT), Kyle
wrote: I'm trying desperately to figure out how to tie a certain kind of drapery knot. I've seen some discussions here that the Ashley Book of Knots may be of some assistance, but the copy of the book I have seen does not seem to reference it. I've uploaded some photos of the specific knot he Here's a commercial picture of what the finished product ought to look like: http://www.indianproduct.com/tasseln...ck/tbk044d.jpg Try this Take a length of the material you are working with and wrap it three times around a round object such as a broom handle, empty paper towel or toilet paper tube. When you have made the three wraps take the ends of the material and pass then back through the three wraps (you'll have an end coming out of each side) and the cinch them tight slowly. Using this method I have been able to make a knot that look almost identical to the pictured in the above site. When completed you can then slip the knot onto the upper portion of the tieback and attach the tassel to the two ends you passed through the three turns in what ever manner seems best. Here's a phone snap of a similar one we have in our home that shows more explicitly that there are two loops that come out either side of the knot: http://s579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ed_tieback.gif Here's a phone snap of the patient we are working on. As you can see its a bit of a mess! http://s579.photobucket.com/albums/s...nt=themess.png Any idea which direction we should look? We've tried all sorts of references online, and while we're finding a lot of stuff on sailing knots we're not seeing anything that shows us how to do this. Any help very much appreciated! Thanks in advance, Kyle Hodgson |
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Curtain tie back?
On Oct 15, 6:00*pm, Kyle wrote:
[...] Here's a commercial picture of what the finished product ought to look like:http://www.indianproduct.com/tasseln...ck/tbk044d.jpg Looks like an ordinary triple-overhand. Is one rope just passing freely through the knot? If so look up the double fisherman's and just tie half of it as a triple rather than a double. |
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