I started following a rope tying group and my bucket of things to learn overflowed. Number one on my list is learning to make a Turks head knot. This marvelous bit of knotting looks like weaving in the round and is created with a single strand, rather than a warp and a weft for flat weaving. I found a YouTube video from the Paracord guild and pulled some paracord out of my stash. I couldn’t find a suitable length of PVC pipe, so I rolled up some card stock for my form. I was able to figure out the first increase, but ran out of cord for the second increase, so mine is not as wide as in the tutorial.

I used a Thread Zap to seal off the ends and actually connect the beginning and end inside the knot. I still need to learn how to tighten the weave, sorry, knot, but I think that will come with practice. The lexicon for rope tying and weaving are definitely warring in my head.

I did happily discover that the knot would fit over a pencil sharpener, so that is where it is currently living. I have a feeling that random tools around the house are going to sprout rope work.