250 ft of 1/2 manila tied in:

• A 6 strand braid loop

• Then 12 stranded:

  • Matthew Walker

  • 2 over continuous crowning

  • star knot

  • 1 over alternate crowning

  • tripled globe knot (ABOK 967 with 2 extra tucks).

Hanging from a piece of English Ivy.

Beginnings

This is the first one I did in 2007.

This is the one I use as my profile picture everywhere on the internet.

Another Bosun's Whistle knot. 

Hanging on a Spliced Becket with Wall and Crown Knots.

A loop; wormed, parceled, wire stiffened, and covered with Ringbolt Hitching; closed at the throat with a Flat Seizing.

 Bosun's Whistle Knot 

#787 The Ashley Book of Knots.

5 Lead by 4 Bight Turkshead;

   Saint Mary's hitching;

4 Lead by 5 Bight Turkshead.

Two 14 Bight, single strand Turksheads;

         3 Lead by 4 Bight Turkshead;

         Pointing with Needle hitching.

According to Sir Henry Manwaring (1644) the purpose of pointing was to keep sailors from pilfering rope for their own use (ABOK #3549)

ABOK #787 also called Marlinspike Lanyard Knot, Single-Strand Diamond Knot, Two-Strand Diamond Knot, and Sailor's Knife Lanyard Knot.

This is something a little different

The main knot, in 2 inch manila, is a two strand MW (Matthew Walker knot) doubled; then a single, two strand MW in the middle. The ends are 3 strand MWs (traditionally a stopper knot) and finished with sailmakers whipping. The embellishments are single strand MWs in cotton sash cord