8 Bight 9 Part Pineapple- Need Help

[skyout]

I just LOVE LOVE LOVE....his Ditty bags! They are wonderful!!!!

When I grow up I wanna be like him. LOL He does flawless work.

Barry showed us and talked about the ring covering here (starts at post# 108 and goes to #122):

http://www.khww.net/...=3457#post_3457

From the Ashley's Book of Knots

Rick

skyout

Edited September 26, 2010 by skyout

[entiendo]

I don't blame you for wanting to be like him! I want to too! I'm even considering nylon, which I've never done before because I never thought it looked very nice. I'm sure it's much more difficult to make it that nice though. I'm under no illusions, kangaroo is part of the reason why my braiding looks good.

Thanks for the instructions. I have a commissioned bridle I need to make and I'd like to try that out with the rings.

[8thsinner]

Some of those pineapple variations are absolutely beautiful. Love them.

Makes me want to go home and play with a few ideas. but the pub is still more interesting right now.

lol

[skyout]

Here's another 16p X 16b 2 pass, Type 1 Pineapple Knot using the base 9p X 8b Turks Head with a little variation thrown in similar to the brown and white one shown on the first page of this thread, except this one uses gutted Cross Lace cord. Link to Cross Lace cord.

Definite Purpose vs Haphazard Randomness

A 4 strand sq sennit with a 6 strand Mathew Walker on top and an 8 strand MW on bottom.

Edited May 19, 2011 by skyout

[skyout]

Well, I've been really busy with a new grandson arriving Easter afternoon but I've been planning this one for a while. Red, white and blue gutted Cross Lace 16p x 16b, 3 pass, type 1 Pineapple Knot with a pattern variation. The second and third passes are only 4 bights each and don't follow the PK "rules" of splitting pairs. This is to correct the uneven leg lengths created from using two colors. When sticking with the "rules", one leg of the ^ is 2 cord widths long and the other is 3 cord widths long and creates a lopsided look to the ^. The ^'s still have different lengths, 2 cord widths for the white line and 3 for the red line but the ^'s are even, or consistent sizes for each color now.

I used a 3 strand alternate crown sennit of gutted Cross Lace set into a 3/8" SS thimble with six strand Mathew Walkers on top and bottom. It has a 3/4" wooden core that I drilled a 1/4" hole through to accommodate the 6 strands passing through it.

Here's the PK variation that still follows the "split the pairs" rule. I still have to finish cutting the lines w/wood burning tool and tuck them under, but you should be able to see the difference in the two. The alternate crown sennit and Mathew Walkers on this one have the core still in the lines but the PK is gutted.

Photos of the two side by side. The one on the left follows the split the pair rule while the one on the right ignores this rule.

Edited May 19, 2011 by skyout

[skyout]

I hope no one's getting tired of Pineapple Knot pics. lol

A while back I made another 16p x 16b, 2 pass, Type 1 PK key fob in Univ. of FL Gators colors. I used Cross Lace cord throughout. I started with the 4 strand round braid that is joined together at the base with a constrictor knot. Then I passed the ends through a 5/16" drilled hole in a 20 mm round wooden bead and tied an 8 strand Mathew Walker knot. The ends of the cords have a sort of half round ball on their ends from burning with a lighter.

This PK is dressed extremely hard and tight. It feels like a rock and almost everyone that holds it comments on how hard it is; one co-worker even asked how rope can be so hard. lol

And another one with just a simple loop.

[skyout]

Here's another shark tooth trophy key fob using a 9p x 8b Turks Head for a base knot. You can pick sharks teeth up off the beach at Venice Beach here in Florida all year long.

The core is a 3/4" wooden ball for the 16 part x 16 bright 2 pass Type 1 Pineapple Knot in the back of the 1st picture. The 8 strands coming from the Matthew Walker knot are fed thru 8 different 1/8" holes drilled thru the top of the ball and out the sides. I pulled them as tight as I could, cut and then burned the ends of them slightly larger than the holes to keep them from pulling back thru. There is a 5/16" hole drilled for the 8 strands in the top but the bottom by the shark tooth has a slightly larger 3/8" hole. l used some epoxy to lock the tooth in place before tightening up the PK around the core. This is tied really tight in black and red Cross Lace cord and is hard as a rock.