Fig. 48.
The Reef Knot.—This knot varies slightly from Fig. 46. It forms a rather neater one than the weaver’s knot and is also more ornamental.
Method:—Make a loop as before at the end of the new thread. Hold it upright between the thumb and the first finger of the left hand, but do not cross the ends; take the end of the working thread and pass it up through the loop from behind: put it round between the thumb and the finger, under the two ends of the held thread, then down through the loop again; draw up both pairs of threads. The reef knot, as its name indicates, is used by sailors for tying the reef points of a sail.
Fig. 49.
Fig. 49 shows a knot which may be made of braid or of two rows of cord, on a larger scale, or it may be worked in chain stitch as a smaller knot. When made in narrow braid or cord the second cord is laced through after the knot has been formed by the first cord. This knot could be used for a border, placed at regular intervals with lines of cords connecting the one knot with the next; to fill up a corner the central loop could be made larger. It looks well when worked in chain stitch or in couched lines.
Fig. 50.
The Chinese Knot (Fig. 50).—This knot, used for the ornamentation of a sailor’s collar, is made of one cord. One loop is made long enough to pass round the neck, under the collar. Used as a part of the border design the end loops may be made as long as required to fill the space. The Chinese knot makes an ornamental fastening for anything that might require it. To make it, start at the X; from there it can be easily followed from Fig. 50. It takes the form of two hearts reversed and interlaced; the outer loops are formed in the process.
