Alternating square knot
How the Alternating square knot is tied, what it is for, and how much cord it uses.
- Family
- pattern
- Difficulty
- easy
- CordsWorking strands the knot is tied with, fillers included
- 4
- Cord per finished cm (x)Cm of cord a working strand uses for each cm of finished knotting when the knot is repeated in a column (filler strands use about 1x). Used by the cord length calculator; empty when the knot is not repeated.
- 3 x
- Height per knot (cord diameters)Finished height one knot adds to a column, in cord diameters (a square knot in 4 mm cord is about 1 cm tall). Empty when the knot is not repeated.
- 2.5 cord diameters
- Used for
- Net and mesh: plant hanger baskets, the body of a wall hanging, bag panels, hammock-style cradles.
- How it is tied
- Rows of square knots where each row is offset by two cords: the fillers of one row become the working cords of the next, and each knot joins half of one group to half of its neighbour. The gap left between rows sets how open the mesh is.
- Related knots
- square-knot,square-knot-sinnet