Celtic button knot
The Celtic Button knot is a decorative stopper knot.
Tying
A Celtic button knot is a stopper knot on a single rope that results in a spherical decorative knot with hair braid / basket weave pattern. It is essentially a single strand Turk's head knot that is structured such a way that it is effectively tied around the rope itself, creating a stopper. It typically is used as a button, or as a knot securing the end of the rope from fraying.
- two consecutive overhand loops, the last one placed partially over the first forming two petals of a four petal flower
- left end woven from right horizontally through the loops; over, under, over, under forming the third petal
- left end woven again from left: over the edge, under, under, over and up through the central hole finishing the four petal flower
- optionally pushing the end again into the knot following the main part consistently on the inside, this may be repeated to give volume to the knot
- tightening evenly to close the petals of the flower forming a sphere around the main part
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1 a simple loop
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2 a second loop
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3 Weave end into loops
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4 the running end goes over the edge line, and under until the middle
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Optional second pass-step one: follow the first pass on the inside
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Optional second pass-step two: follow the first pass on the inside
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Optional second pass-final step of tying a Celtic Button knot done
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Optional third pass-final step of tying a Celtic Button knot done
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Tightening step of tying a 3 pass Celtic Button knot
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A 3 pass Celtic Button knot as seat of a rope swing
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Celtic Button knot on the bight therefore double, flat, with loop
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Celtic Button knot on the bight therefore double, tightened, with loop
See the Video tutorial
Uses
- Clothing buttons
- Decorative stopper knot