Key Fob Fun

This is a key-fob that took me a couple of weekends to build. Not that it was difficult, just that I would start it and finish it up and then take it apart and do it a different way. It was really just practice that turned out pretty.

I wanted a way to add more strands to a loop. I looked through ABOK and found #1063. Looked like a handsome loop knot so I tried it out and was able to work in another strand to give me 4. Then I tried once again and found that I could put 2 strands with the loop knot and make a total of 6 working strands. There are a few crown knots and then a complex wall knot. It's not really complex to make however and tightens firmly unlike the wall knot. I'm in love with the Double Mathew Walker Knot and use it any time I can. A few crown knots were tied to give the knob a foundation. After tightening it up I put on a Multiple Crown knot I found in Stuart Grainger's book Creative Ropecraft and tucking the strands back down the side of the knob.

Here you can see the different knots in the length.

A view of the Multiple Crown knot.