THESE 'KNOTS' ARE A KIND OF DECORATIVE BADGE THAT CAN BE WORN OR JUST AS DECORATIONS.NORMALLY THE CORD IS DOUBLED THROUGH AND THE GAPS FILLED BUT THE MATERIAL USED FOR THIS DISPLAY WAS SO STIFF THE KNOTTER WAS UNABLE TO CARRY OUT THIS PROCESS.THESE EXAMPLES WERE MADE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS LAID OUT IN A BOOKLET WRITTEN BY BRIAN FIELD,A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL GUILD OF KNOT TYERS [IGKT] BY FRANK BROWN,ALSO A MEMBER.AND A MEMBER OF THE KINCUMBER MENS SHED.THE CORD WAS HAND MADE BY MARK DELAFORCE,ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN MEMBER OF THE GUILD.
