Switch knot
How the Switch knot is tied, what it is for, and how much cord it uses.
- Family
- basic
- 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.
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- 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.
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- Used for
- An open oval in a sinnet, a light section in a plant hanger arm.
- How it is tied
- After a square knot the working cords and filler cords swap roles: the fillers become the working cords for the next square knot, tied a few centimetres lower, so the cords between spread into a small diamond.
- Related knots
- square-knot,square-knot-sinnet
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