Decorative knot

Monkey's fist knot

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] Often originating from maritime use, "decorative knots are not only serviceable and functional but also enhance the ship-shape appearance of any vessel."[3] Decorative knots may be used alone or in combination,[4] and may consist of single or multiple strands.[5][6]

Though the word decorative sometimes implies that little or no function is served, the craft of decorative knot tying generally combines both form and function.[5]

Coxcombing is decorative knotwork performed by sailors during the Age of Sail to dress-up, protect, or help identify specific items and parts of ships and boats.

List

Some decorative knots

This is an alphabetical list of decorative knots.

• Austrian knots
• Aztec button knot
• Bruce knot
• Carrick mat
• Catherine knot
• Celtic knotting
• Chinese button knot
• Diamond knot
• Discipline (King Crimson album) knotwork (Discipline Global Mobile logo)
• Endless knot (unknot)
• Eternity knot
• Fan knot
• Fiador knot
• Flat mat knot
• Flores button knot
• Friendship knot
• Gaucho knot
• Ginfer knot
• Globe knot
• Headhunter's knot
• Heel knot
• Heraldic knot
  • Bourchier knot
  • Bowen knot (unknot)
  • Dacre knot (unknot)
  • Hinckaert knot
  • Hungerford knot
  • Wake knot
• Herringbone knot
• Interlace (visual arts)
• Lone star knot
• Matthew Walker knot
• Monkey's fist knot
• Pan Chang knot
• Pampas button knot
• Pineapple knot
• Prolong knot
• Savoy knot
• Sennit
• Shamrock knot (an arrangement of True lover's knot)
• Solomon's knot
• Spanish ring knot
• Stafford knot
• Turk's head knot
• Valknut
• Wall and crown knot

See also

Bellrope

• List of knots
• Knotted stitch
• Plait (Braid)
• Garland
• Japanese glass fishing float (for knotwork)
• Bell pull
• Necktie
  • Windsor knot
• Bow tie
• Lace
• Lanyard
• Macramé
• Scoubidou
• Shoelaces
• Silk knots (fabric cufflinks)
• String figure
• Wedding cord/Handfasting

References

1. Owen, Peter (1994). The Book of Decorative Knots. Globe Pequot. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-55821-304-3. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
2. Owen (1994), p.125. Access date: 2010-02-18. "They can be used for practical purposes or pure decoration.
3. Owen (1994), p.11.
4. Owen, Peter (2003). The Ultimate Book of Knots: More Than Two-Hundred Practical and Decorative Knots, p.493. Globe Pequot. ISBN 9781592281602.
5. Penn, Randy (2004). The Everything Knots Book: Step-By-Step Instructions for Tying Any Knot, p.189. Everything Books. ISBN 9781440522772.
6. Randall, Peter (2012). The Craft of the Knot: From Fishing Knots to Bowlines and Bends, a Practical Guide to Knot Tying and Usage, p.29. Adams Media. ISBN 9781440552502.

External links

• Grog. "Decorative knots". Animated Knots. Retrieved 15 May 2015.

Coxcombing:

• http://www.frayedknotarts.com/wheel.html
• http://www.morethanknots.com/Hitching_files/Hitch_1.html