GRANT'S HEEL KNOT (one strand)

 

 

 

type 1 - 3 pass pineapple knot (1 strand)
(from a 7x6 turk's head knot)

(** = splitting the pair(on the edge))
(*** = splitting the pair(in the middle))

(starting from a 7x6 turk's head knot)

(...the working end enters the knot railroad tracking the standing end!):

1.)  -----> U1 O1 U1 O1 U2
2.)  <----- O1 U1 O1 U2
3.)  -----> O1 U1 O1 U3**
4.)  <----- O1 U1 O1 U3**
5.)  -----> O1 U1 O1 U3**
6.)  <----- O2*** U1 O1 U3**
7.)  -----> O2*** U1 O1 U3**
8.)  <----- O2*** U2*** O1 U3**
9.)  -----> O2*** U2*** O1 U3**
10.) <----- O2*** U2*** O2*** U3**
11.) -----> O2*** U2*** O2*** U3**
12.) <----- O2*** U2*** O2*** U3

(...now the working end of the second knot begins the 3rd knot by railroad tracking
the original working end of the 7x6):

13.) -----> O2 U2 O2 U2
14.) <----- O2 U2 O2 U4
15.) -----> O2 U2 O2 U3**
16.) <----- O2 U2 O2 U5**
17.) -----> O2 U2 O2 U3**
18.) <----- O3*** U2 O2 U5**
19.) -----> O3*** U2 O2 U3**
20.) <----- O3*** U3*** O2 U5**
21.) -----> O3*** U3*** O2 U3**
22.) <----- O3*** U3*** O3*** U5**
23.) -----> O3*** U3*** O3*** U3**
24.) <----- O3*** U3*** O3*** &Out


...this is the heel knot in the Grant books...
have fun making it....this knot isn't as hard as it looks and after you make a few you won't even need the instructions!!...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dan-Alaska