Interlocked 3 lead Turks Head Knots - Tutorial

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This tutorial will also work with any of the 3 lead Turks Head knots that start with the 5 bight base (3L - 8B, 3L - 11B, etc.) Just follow the same sequence of skip a bight, Over, Under pattern as shown in basic tutorial.

First tie a 3 lead 5 bight Turks Head knot. To tie this base knot see post #2
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Bring second cord Under one, Over one.
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Skip one bight and bring cord Over one, Under two (crossing point), Over one.
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Skip one bight and bring cord Over two, Under two, Over two.
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Skip one bight and bring cord Over two, Under two, Over two.
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Skip one bight and bring cord Over two, Under three, over two.
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Skip one bight and bring cord Over two, Under three and you are ready to begin doubling the knot.
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If you turn the knot inside out you get a very different look.
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Doubled
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Flattened - two interesting sides.
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To tie the base 5 bight knot go to
http://www.surreyknots.org.uk/3-turk...ght-3-lead.htm
To expand the knot to eight bight and larger repeat steps 3 - 6

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Eight bight version makes a nice bracelet
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You can add as many rows as you want
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