Some of my recent Instagram posts:
- mat faced good luck knot (there is a series of these)
- a “new” knot invented for cosplay purposes
- a paracord bracelet for entering a contest (there is a series of these as well)
This small bell pull is made by finding the middle of a few pieces for line and start there by tying some four strand braid around a thimble, and then continuing the four strand braid doubled until you get the length you want. This forms the core of the bell rope, and it is finished with a wall and crown. Around the wall and crown knot, a series of turks head knots are tied to build up knob. The covering knot is a pear shaped turks head, which can be tied from a grid posted in the tutorials of this forum. The smaller covering knot is a four bight x eleven lead turks head.
Very nice piece of work.
Sweeney
The cross, and the cross with stand. Also shown are the tools I use to tie them, (instructions and grids can be found in the tutorials section of this forum).
More very nice work - unfortunately my poor eyesight makes decorative work like this very difficult.
Sweeney
I created 2 Instructables for contests that ran concurrently and recently finished judging. I did not win (as usual), but for the Fibre Arts Contest, 2 other macram? entries did: cavandoli macrame tapestry from photos and a macram? belt. My mat face good luck knot instructions were likely too specialized/advanced?
For the On a Budget Contest, my knot mandrels from the recycling pile also got no love/prizes. 
The Instagram #knotgames2022 closes tonight to entries, so fingers crossed there. ;D
For me, its a lack of coordination and more importantly patience! 
Some dog toys
A scrap of 3/8" (9mm) polypropylene line tied with a double Mathew Walker knot to make a sailor’s whisk. When the dogs came to visit, it became a dog toy. I added some ringbolt hitching (ABOK 3605) finished with 4 lead x 5 bight turks heads in 550 paracord to give a softer grab on the loop.
The other dog toys are 5/8" (16mm) soft cotton line with either a crown sennit or Mathew Walker knot tied at either end to form a lump. The lump is covered in a 5 lead x 4 bight turks head tied with a 1/4" (6mm) hard twist cotton cord.
toy dog ! 
4mm polyester cord cover
two strands folded in half - so, sort of four strands,
plus a length for tail
it’s also intended as a dog toy,
have to see how that goes
best wishes for christmas and new year, everyone 
I have been working on this bell stand since I remodeled my kitchen and demolished the wall that this bell was hanging on. The foundation is 1" (25mm)steel tube that was rolled into an arch. I welded a nut the same thread as the bell in a short length of tube, and welded that onto the arch. I added small flanges to the ends of the tube and drilled them to bolt into the wood base.
The knot that runs the length of the arch is 3 strand ring bolt hitching (ABOK 3605). At the bottom of the arch is a 4 bight x 9 lead turks head, and the mat around that is a 10 bight mat with a 5 bight center. The mat that covers the wood is a 13 bight x 4 bight rectangular mat that has been modified so there is no crossing where the arch lands. The 4 bight turks head tee at the top of the arch has 12 leads on the straight part of the knot, and 7 leads (the way I count them) going down. The red and green knots are 5 bight x 19 lead turks heads, and the knots above and below them are 6 bight x 5 lead turks heads.
The bell rope is 4 strand round sinnet (ABOK 2915) finished with a wall and crown, and then layered up with successive turks heads until the covering knot of a pear shaped turks head was tied. A 5 bight x 3 lead (red) and an 8 bight x 3 lead (blue) turks heads were added to the bell rope for a spot of color.
diamond-circle lanyard knot
2mm solder wire
meh, this solder wire wouldn’t melt, and i don’t want to red line my machine,
so it’s great flexible sculpture wire
i pressed the knot with pliers for a ‘brushed’ effect,
but - it’s soft wire and i caused it to almost pinch right through into twenty separate segments !
This turks head wineglass is tied with a single line, and then color is added with a second ply. This knot is similar to a wine glass grid I posted in the tutorials section of this webpage, but with different leads and bights. This knot started out as three separate knots, a 12 bight x 11 lead turks head, an 8 bight x 5 lead turks head, and a 4 bight x 7 lead turks head. A fourth line is used to join the three knots into a single knot. I have to skip over a bight someplace in the joining to make the math work out so it is a single pass to tie the entire knot. In the second photo you can see one end of the line coming out of the stem, where I hid the starting point.
that’s amazing
48 bight mat. Mostly tied in hand, the finished knot is 200’ (60m) of 1/4" cotton line from R&W rope. I ironed it with some starch, it will be displayed on a wall.
Good Day Knot Tyers,
Here is my attempt at a Christmas decoration which came out quite nice.
Regards,
D
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Nice. Happy Holidays.
SS
A Hydroflask thermos bottle, hitching with 2.5 mm “clipper” fake tarred hemp. Side handle made with Portuguese sinnet.
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