Stuphi » knots http://stuphi.co.uk/wordpress Web stuff of Philip Stubbs Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:25:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Get Knotted! http://stuphi.co.uk/wordpress/2009/06/16/get-knotted/ http://stuphi.co.uk/wordpress/2009/06/16/get-knotted/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:35:28 +0000 philip http://stuphi.co.uk/wordpress/?p=139 For a product that I am working on, I need to attach a rope to the product. Simple, I thought, tie a knot. My first feeble attempts fell apart. Later attempts did the job, but looked a mess. A quick Google later, and I had a knot that seems to do the job. The tucked double overhand. Three simple images are enough to explain how the knot works. Moments later I had the knot off pat, and decided to show the production department.

All of a sudden we hit a problem. For some reason, no one else is able to tie this knot! I can’t believe that I am particularly gifted in this area, but maybe I am not a dumb as I think sometimes. Is this a hard knot?

This animation was done in Povray. I got fed up of trying to show the knot to people, so next time they ask, they will get a link to this.

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