Rose knots

Rose knots
Type	stopper
application	End knots on handrails (gangway, sea stairway), deck stoppers, decorative knots on sea crate handles
Ashley No.	861,862, 863, 864
Synonyms	Stopper knot with crown
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Rose knot, side view

The rose knot is a lesser known, strong stopper knot that was used on deck stoppers , especially in the sailing ship era . The naming is not clear here. Clifford W. Ashley mentions different ways of tying a rose knot, the shape of which is different, but particularly highlights knots # 861 and # 864, which could be meant by rose knots.

Knot

The knot shown here should be Ashley's so-called stopper knot with crown (# 864).

The knot is basically made from four parts (cardeles). First you put a cross ( crown knot , Hahnepoot), over it a lanyard knot (multi-strand thickening knot) and over it another cross.

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  Tie the rose knot

Once these three work steps have been completed, the structure is loosely drawn (shaped) and the lanyard knot is stuck on its outer edges. The cross that was placed last is also placed on its outer edges, with the parts being pushed down through the knot and, after further even contraction, cut off briefly on the trunk .

See also

• Knot science
• List of nodes

Literature (selection)

• Hans Fehre: Seamen's handicrafts , Eckardt & Meßtorff, Hamburg 1937

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{A b} Clifford W. Ashley: The Ashley Book of Knots. Over 3800 knots. How they look like. What they are used for. How they are made. 6th edition. Edition Maritim, Hamburg 2005, p. 169