How to Tie the Globe Knot Fob

When most folks think of a Globe Knot, they think ofa round Turk's Head, but you can also use it to create a square Turk's Head. At first look this designmay look as though it will be complicated to tie, but don't let that persuade you not to attempt it. Ifyou place the pins on the mandrel correctly, you will have no trouble tying this Globe Knot.

In this article I have chosen to include the full in-depth tutorial along with the Adobe Acrobattutorial for download.

CREDITS

This tutorial was created from a grid by Claude Hochet which was passed along to me by MatthiasAgnello.

Scrolling through some of the knot design images that I have stored on my computer, I came acrossa photo of this design by JP Honeywell. I must have put it away and forgot about it and when I wastying some of the Globe Knot Cubes, it reminded me and I didn't even know it. At any rate, this is notan original design by me, but of JP.

DOWNLOAD THE TUTORIAL

Downloadthe tutorial (right-click the hyperlink and select Save Link As and then saveit to a locationon your hard drive).

To view thetutorial on your computer, you will need Adobe Reader which isavailable for freedownload.

TYING THE 176 FACETS GLOBE KNOT FOB

MATERIALS

Mandrel Use what you have on hand, I used a wooden dowel wrapped with Polyethylene Foam PipeInsulation.

32 Round Head Push Pins

Foam Cube I purchased a block of foam from Wal-Mart in the projects section. The size needed will

depend on the diameter of the cord used. I cut several different sizes and after some trial and error,I came up with a working size (1 inches wide and 1-1/8 inches deep).

Cord I used 15 feet of gutted Type III 550 ParacordSETUP THE MANDREL

To find the proper placement of thepush pins, you will need to use the Pin Placement chart located above. You will place four pins ateach point on the mandrel, which will be sixteen pins at the top and sixteen at the bottom locations.

STEP 1-

Starting at the top of the mandrel, label a point at the top (A). From point (A), insert four pinsvertically and label them 1, 2, 3, 4 as shown in the image to the left.

Step 2-

Rotate the mandrel 90 degrees to the right of (A) and label this point (B). From point (B), insert fourpins vertically and label these pins 1, 2, 3, and 4. Repeat this step for points (C) and (D), label thepoints and place pins at each location.

Step 3-

Rotate the mandrel to the middle of points (A) and (B) and label this point (A) at the bottom of themandrel. From bottom point (A), insert four pins vertically and label these pins 5, 6, 7, 8 as shown inthe image to the left.

Step 4-

Rotate the mandrel 90 degrees to the right of bottom point (A) and label this point (B). Place pinsand label them 5, 6, 7 and 8. Repeat this step for points (C) and (D), label the points and place pinsat each location.

TYING INSTRUCTIONS

Once youve placed all the pins and labeled each point, youre ready to start tying the design. Follow

the instructions below to determine where to place the cord.

Abbreviations Note: O means Over and U means Under. And when a letter with a number after it,the number is the pin number of the letter i.e. (A1) would mean location A and pin number 1.

Wrap a rubber band around the mandrel above the top pins and then insert the paracord underneaththe rubber band above point (A).

Starting from top point (A) run the cord to bottom point (C6), then up to the top point (A2).Startingfrom (A2) go to (C7).Starting from (C7) go to(A3).Starting from (A3) go to(C8).Starting from (C8) goto (A4).Starting from (A4) go to (B5).Starting from (B5) go O U O to (D1).Starting from (D1) go O UO to (B6).Starting from (B6) go U O U to (D2).Starting from (D2) go U O U to (B7).Starting from (B7)go O U O to (D3).Starting from (D3) go O U O to (B8).Starting from (B8) go U O U to (D4).Startingfrom (D4) go U O U to (A5).Starting from (A5) go O U O U O U O to (C1).Starting from (C1) go U O UO2 U O to (A6).Starting from (A6) go U O U O U O U to (C2).Starting from (C2) go O U O U2 O U to(A7).Starting from (A7) go O U O U O U O to (C3).Starting from (C3) go U O U O2 U O to(A8).Starting from (A8) go U O U O U O U to (C4).Starting from (C4) go O U O U2 O U to(D5).Starting from (D5) go O U O U O U O U O U O to (B1).Starting from (B1) go U O U O U O U O2U Oto (D6).Starting from (D6) go U O U O U O U O U O U to (B2).Starting from (B2) go O U O U O UO U2 O U to (D7).Starting from (D7) go O U O U O U O U O U O to (B3).Starting from (B3) go U O UO U O U O2 U Oto (D8).Starting from (D8) go U O U O U O U O U O U to (B4).Starting from (B4) goO U O U O U O U to (C5).Starting from (C5) go O U O U O U O U O U Oto (A1) and insert the cordunderneath the loop at this point to complete the tying process.Remove all the pins and slip the cordoff the mandrel. Insert the cube inside the cord and start tightening around the core. It is best totighten the cord in a series and not to try to tighten it completely in the first couple of tries.

When you are close to having the cube tightened completely you will need to remove the cord thatyou inserted underneath the loop in the final step on the mandrel, this will leave you with two cordsfree. Start working either end so that you will have the same amount of cord on both ends.

Once achieved, I chose to tie a Knife Lanyard Knot and made a loop by bringing the free end insidethe Lanyard Knot and tightening.

I hope this tutorial will be helpful to you and that it's not written in too much knot speak so thateveryone will be able to understand it. However, if you have any trouble please let me know if I canhelp. I would also like to hear from you on how I presented this tutorial and if it was easy tounderstand or could've been written differently.

SOURCES AND REFERENCES

http://uniqueropecraft.blogspot.com/2012/11/globe-knot-fob_10.html