:Fancy Knotwork
A selection of decorative items, rope design projects and commissions fulfilled over the years, brought together here as a gallery of knotted "fancywork"
These tiny Monkey Fist ear-rings were made from 1mm polished fine flax twine.
The wooden devil stick shown below, has a decorative centre grip whipped in green flat section leather. The pattern is a Running Turks Head knot, made with a single line and followed around three times.
The choker necklace, shown right, was made from two lengths of brown leather square cord. The centre knot is a type of two strand lanyard knot known as a double carrick bend.
The small picture above shows a bracelet plaited from 2mm flax in the pattern of a crown sennit and finished with two double wall knots locked together in a shroud knot.
left: A rope door handle commissioned as one of a set of fourteen for a house by the sea. Made from 18mm hempex with eye splices each end and covered with a decorative turks head whipping in 4mm hempex cord.
right: This funky rope knob transforms an old pantry door. The Manrope knot is tied into a short length of 24mm hemp rope, the cut end neatly finished with a sailor's whipping in polished flax twine. To secure the knob to the door, a wooden dowel was provided and set horizontally through the lay of the rope at the back of the knot, held snug against the whipped end.
left: A wooden jewelery box is shown here, with the drawer pull made from a monkey fist knot using 2mm cotton cord. A small wooden peg is placed snugly through the loop at the back of the knot to keep it sitting tight.
right: Turks head knots are incredibly adaptable - here are two made from 8mm hemp rope, fashioned into attractive dice shakers.
