A decorative or ornamental knot (also fancy knot) 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. Often originating from maritime use, "decorative knots are not only serviceable and functional but also enhance the ship-shape appearance of any vessel." Decorative knots may be used alone or in combination, and may consist of single or multiple strands.
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.
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
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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
- List of knots
- Knotted stitch
- Plait (Braid)
- Garland
- Japanese glass fishing float (for knotwork)
- Bell pull
- Necktie
- Bow tie
- Lace
- Lanyard
- Macramé
- Scoubidou
- Shoelaces
- Silk knots (fabric cufflinks)
- String figure
- Wedding cord/Handfasting
References
- Owen, Peter (1994). The Book of Decorative Knots. Globe Pequot. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-55821-304-3. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- Owen (1994), p.125. Access date: 2010-02-18. "They can be used for practical purposes or pure decoration.
- Owen (1994), p.11.
- Owen, Peter (2003). The Ultimate Book of Knots: More Than Two-Hundred Practical and Decorative Knots, p.493. Globe Pequot. ISBN 9781592281602.
- ^ Penn, Randy (2004). The Everything Knots Book: Step-By-Step Instructions for Tying Any Knot, p.189. Everything Books. ISBN 9781440522772.
- 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.
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