These knots start with a 5 lead 4 bight turks head knot, which is then made into a 'Gaucho Knot', and after than into a '3 pass Gaucho Knot'. I gave the knots a brushed on coating of Krazy Glue after working the slack out and tightening them up.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Gaucho Knots...
These knots start with a 5 lead 4 bight turks head knot, which is then made into a 'Gaucho Knot', and after than into a '3 pass Gaucho Knot'. I gave the knots a brushed on coating of Krazy Glue after working the slack out and tightening them up.
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So simple, but so unique! Well done, as always, Stormdrane!
SD, those are beautiful knots! As always your work is perfect. I am going to give those a shot with some of my tether cord. Thanks for the inspiration and great blog!
More Awesome stuff from you SD! Wish I could keep up... I'll be working on the "Snake Knot Lanyard" in the next couple of days.
Those are really handsome! I like the look w/ the SS Delica too - great combo! :)
They look good to me, too.
- Bill
Jill says these are simple.. I can't seem to follow Bud's tutorial very well.
SD, would you be willing to do a video on tying the gaucho?
@hrafn, A quick googling brought up a 'Gaucho Knot' video by JustKnotLT. So after tying the 5 lead 4 bight knot, the video continues into the 'Gaucho Knot'. The video with the tutorial should bring things to a better understanding.
Once you get familiar with the overs/unders and see those 'splitting pairs' as either going over two or under two depending on the sequence, the knot builds quickly.
Take special care to pay attention when going from Up to Down/Down to Up at the edges, making sure that you're working with the very next bight and don't accidentally skip over it, where you'll quickly find something's not right and have to back track to where you messed up, like I do, lol.
Patience helps, have fun with it. ;)
Yeah I saw that video.. a bit hard to follow.. but I'll get it. I mean I can do the spanish woven ring in my sleep now but had similar issues with it.
Thanks again SD.
I made my first paracord bracelet following your instructions!
I'll have to try these.
Well now that I have the knot down I am trying to figure out what size syringe you used. What is the diameter of the inside? I am knocking out knots quickly just need something to cover :l-)
@Mark, The insulin syringe I used is about 6mm in diameter, which allows a couple of strands(loop) of ungutted paracord to fit through a knotted bead tighteded around it. Using something that's 4mm in diameter makes a good fit for two strands(loop) of gutted paracord.
Since paracord from different manufacturers can vary a bit in size/diameter, the beads you make may have a tighter/looser fit, depending on what you tie them around...
THANKS!
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