[Jewelry making - Article 00198] - Re: [Orchid] Making Hercules Knot

[Trevor French]

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    I googled "hercules knot" and found theres quite a few references to
    the knot from ancient times, and some jewellery examples using
    beads, however the instructionals required the purchase of various
    books, but the information is there.  

    One link i found which has a picture of a hercules knot is at: 

    http://www.mmmbeads.com/herculesknot.htm 

    The picture indicates that a Hercules knot consists of two rope loops
    which come together by threading over each other. with ropes it could
    be achieved by taking two pieces of rope (for arguments sake 1 foot
    long), folding each to make a loop. hold the loops so that they
    overlap, with the ends being at opposite ends, so that you could hold
    the ends and let the loops dangle from the centre. Then take the loop
    belonging to the left rope, and feed the loop beloning to the right
    rope through it so that only about 2 or so inches or loop is through
    the hole. and then feed the rope ends up through that second loop
    (the one belonging to the right rope) and pull the ends of the ropes
    away from each other. This way you can see how a hercules knot gets
    its name.  No matter how much you pull, (or conversly how much torque
    is on the rope) this knot will never loosen, and it does not matter
    if the knot loosens too much as the loops are bound, not the rope.  

    In jewellery applications it is a pretty knot which could have
    ancient, or celtic appearance and could be made to bind sections of
    jewellery together.

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