Added 2012 May 10th
From Stefanos FANIDIS new attempts in
paracord, inspired
by the patterns of ABoK#1385 and ABoK#1386
ABoK#1385 grid bracelets
( in 34B and 70B )
From Stefanos FANIDIS another bracelet with a pattern
inspired by ABoK#1386
sinnet that was drawn as Cylindrical Knot using the powerful
software
ARIANE.
[open quote] Charles,
Some variations on a theme. I've omitted Var. 2 because it's a regular
UO and Var 5 because it's not very distinctive. All tied on a 40mm
ball.....43 or 44mm would have been better, particularly for Var 2
which was too tight at 2ply [end quote]
Added 2012 May 4th
From Stefanos FANIDIS
: several knots but the MAIN is the one made in leather lace using
Norbert special lattice grid : a
one of a kind in my opinion.
Another treat for me coming from NONO, a new circular mat coming
straight from his brains and hands without passing
through a grid phase so NONO is not even sure to do
it again !!! Here is the first mat, I say first
because I received two !
I will add the picture of the second one later.
Added 2012 April 5th
Some lanyard by Don WRIGHT : you will find his tutorial for his
modification of the
17-STRAND French Sennit in DON_TUTS
Michel m'a offert des morceaux de temps de sa vie en m'offrant ces
trois nouages de sa
confection. Ils sont dans ma vitrine aux trésors où j'amasse mes
trésors reçus.
Merci
Michel gave me time spans of his life in thos three well crafted knots
coming from his hands and brain. They are now in my "treasures glass
case" were I hoard such given treesures.
Thank you.
Added 2012 April 1rst
Stefanos FANIDIS a kangaroo lace ( 3mm) bracelet
made by Stefanos using a grid draw by ARIANE on a
design made by SCHAAKE
PRECISION ADDED 2012 May 20th
: another
picture , yet another
one and a last one with words from Stefanos :
[open quote]
Sending another photo just to refer to something
important about that knot:
First time I tried it I could noτ manage to give the
effect of the width being shared equally. Trying the knot a
second time I placed pins on
the mandrel inside the point where lace was going to fold
and the result was much more successful.I am showing you what I a mean
with the second photo 2.
[end quote]
I invented several grids taking one of Schaake grid
(Fig 925) and modifying
some of its
parameters and gave one to Stefanos who made a superb work
with it choosing his own two
colours and distribution of the two among the strands.
Here is a grid with the same pattern but I fear with a different number
of strands ! ;-D) Eight strands Grid
dissection here.
4-STRAND and 8-STRAND grids in
Pi/8 grid ( larger than Pi/6 standard isometric)
This image has a width over 52 cm (over 20") but
with out a special printer it is quite
obvious that you cannot print it larger than the largest dimension of
the paper leaf in the
printer. Don't complain that the grid is too small cut it is several
parts that each will be
printed on its own leaf and after that scissors and glue plus a bit a
mental pondering should
yield a bigger grid.
DO NOT forget that I use a strict way to make knots and that the
ODD-numbered half-periods goes
- from BOTTOM-RIGHT to TOP LEFT in the VERTICAL cylinder frame of
reference
( BIGHT RIM at TOP and BOTTOM)
- from BOTTOM-LEFT to TOP RIGHT in the HORIZONTAL cylinder
(mandrel)
frame of reference ( BIGHT RIM on the LEFT and RIGHT side )
Pins number are in format = NUMBER of the PIN on THIS Bight-RIM / NUMBER
of the BIGHT-RIM
Bight rim are numbered on both rim from the outside and going
toward the middle of the knot as explained here and there several times
on this site !
Added 2012 March 28th
Don WRIGHT made a MODIFICATION OF THE FRENCH BRAID (
see first
photo in the slideshow for close-up details) for his lanyards
John RICHINGS 's PERSIAN CARPET coming from HAWG
through a
"HARD ONE" larval stage !
Soeme time ago Stefanos FANIDIS sent me a picture of what was in fact
not a cylindrical
knot but of a braid, HAWG
I decrypted the pattern as being looking a bit like that
and made
a drawing using PAINT NET of what it could be as an
"adaptation" to
cylindrical knot
Then Johnn Riching made some attempts of his using my drawings.
The end result of this series of event is
this one
As I think that this contains some useful 'tips' for some readers and
makes the story more lively here is the exchange
between John and me.
On 07/03/2012
[open quote]
Charles, Well here it is !
It doesn't look in grid form as artistic as
your picture but I've tried to limit the number of passes. For example,
form top rim bight 5 down to rim bight 28 one could , in one stretch
go
"over" 14 parts.
Of course the proof is in the tieing but that's for another
day........my eyes , at the moment are like organ stops.John
[end quote]
This was John's firts attempt. that he named "the
hard one".
On 18/03/2012
[open quote]
Charles, I tried to make your original design but some of the 'top rim
bights' were
disappearing beneath the knot and it all ended up a
'orrible mess.
I've now re-designed the knot so that the 'rim bights' are "locked"
i.e. an OU knot edging and I've also made the knot
symmetrical............the next thing is to make it. john
[end quote]
[open quote]
the 'dissappearing act' was deliberate .
But 'locked' bight are perfectly all right but make a quite different
type of knot
Huge work you did. Bravo you are now quite agile with Ariane
Have you coloured the over crossing according to the HP that made them
to get
the actual pattern when using several colours ? Charles
[end quote]
[open quote]
Charles, Well here it is !
It doesn't look in grid form as artistic as your picture but I've tried
to limit the number of passes.
For example, form top rim bight 5 down to rim bight 28 one could , in
one stretch go "over" 14 parts.
Of course the proof is in the tieing but that's for another
day........my eyes , at the moment are like organ stops. John
[end quote]
On 22/03/2012
[open quote]
Bonjour John
Though, as I feared, it has a tendency to "yawn" due to the long
continuous sequences of
crossings of same type it is a quite elegant pattern.
Problem is thatyou may not attempt to tighten it as it will then havea
tendency to "bunch" on
the borders
Good "proving in the knot" of this pattern.
I don't know how long it took you but here is mine made in 2 seconds
flat
with the latest experimental version of Ariane. Charles
[end quote]
On 23/03/2012
[open quote]
Still, it was an interesting exercise Charles. The complications of the
design and the concentration necessary in making the knot, obviously
aren't compensated by the "poorness" of the result but the therapy of
these bigger projects, proves, to me at least that satisfaction is all
about achievement and maybe keeps Altzheimers at bay.
Enjoy your weekend........................John
[end quote]
[open quote]
Here I beg to differ : the result is not "poor" at all, given the
structural constraints it is very well made
as you succeed in "making do" with the in-built particularity. The
yawning is "keep in check" and
is well spread all over, one can see that it is not a lack of knotting
mastery but an inherent trait
of the design and in round cordage it would have been less satisfying..
Charles
[end quote]
Added 2012 March 20th
DON' s DONation ! Don WRIGHT really worked like a slave for the group
of charitable
person raising funds in favour of a person with cancer.
Stefanos Fanidis : TWO KANGAROO LEATHER LACE BRACELETS designed
with an outstanding software : ARIANE by Claude HOCHET
Stefanos gave his specifications and I made the grids with ARIANE.
Here are the two bracelets Stefanos made with his newly found material :
kangaroo leather lace.
