articles and link round up 5

[KnotMe]

last thread was getting long, time to start again!

This article is about a boy (12) who took a junior fire safety course which included selected knots and used this knowledge to, in all likelihood, save his father's life.
http://www.newsdurhamregion.com/news/article/108520

The Rapid City Journal (back in February, did I post about this one already?) talks knots with Richard Lehmann of the Rapid City Fire Department's training division.  Perhaps the knots he recommends you learn are the a similar list to the ones learned by the boy in the previous article.
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/02/24/news/features/doc47bf326f2354a687923613.txt

In the past we've seen knotted molecules and knotted animals, and now:  knotted light.  It all sounds very interesting and way over my head.    That said, I'm going to hunt down that Nature magazine for the original article and see if more detail helps...
http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/09/knotted-light-in-respected-journal.html

In the September 2008 issue of Popular Science there is an article about university engineering student pranks (like hanging cars from unlikely places) which is also online.  The article mentions that along with the criminal code section on "mischief" the conspirators also had a copy of "The Complete Guide to Knots and Knot Tying" in their planning headquarters.
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-08/extreme-engineering (3rd page for the mention)

The page of a blogger who is "passionate about traditional Chinese arts, especially Chinese knotting."  She also has an Etsy shop.
http://sallyzblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Chinese%20Knotting

A nifty celtic knot in metal that is less graphic and more like a real knot than you usually find.
http://www.signals.com/signals/Item_Celtic-Knot-Necklace_HG2762_ps_srm.html

The Courier Post Online from South Jersey has an article about fishing knots.  It was posted in September 2008, but it looks awfully familiar
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080905/SPORTS/809050324/1002/SPORTS

Another crafty blogger doing some knotting and posting pictures.
http://fioleta.blogspot.com/2008/09/silk-wood.html

The Curry Coastal Pilot talks fishing knots (sounding like maybe they know whereof they speak)...
http://www.currypilot.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=18223

Blog about some knot sculptures in Shanghai in various materials.  Too bad the blogger couldn't understand the artist statement about what they mean and substituted their own commentary.
http://shanghaichase.blogspot.com/2008/09/intricately-knotted-shanghai.html

An article posted to the Free Craft Articles site about macrame.  IMHO it's not very accurate or good, but since it's free it's been turning up various places.
http://freecraftarticles.com/?p=32

Announcement of a button knot class being offered by the Textile Society of Hong Kong (one presumes, taking place in Hong Kong)
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/association-news/textile-society-hong-kong/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=28579

Another article about feng shui type symbolism including the "mystic knot"
http://symbolic-meanings.com/2007/08/27/chinese-symbols-for-a-welcoming-home/

Yet another blog which discusses Chinese knots in language we have all seen before.
http://shangning.net/blog/chinese-knot-is-decorative-handicraft-arts.php

Crafty bloggers use Chinese button knots to close their bracelet
http://roxycreations.blogspot.com/2008/06/embroidered-bracelet-2.html

The State Museum of New Jersey has an exhibit called "Culture in Context: A Tapestry of Expression" which includes a Chinese knotting display
http://www.packetonline.com/articles/2008/06/18/time_off/entertainment_news/doc48592ca14a0ef759972857.txt

Tour Korea, learn to tie knots (maedup)
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/06/203_26157.html

Another of those strangely dense blogs that seem to have been put together by web spiders in order to get higher search engine ranking for a particular term.  The relevant (??) bit is as follows:
"Heritage Foundation .... As tradition dies out, it becomes more valued. Ms. Lai Bi Yun has been involved in the handmade art of knotting for more than 20 years. She combines traditional Chinese knotting with modern glass and crystal beads to make trendy."
http://heritage6.blogspot.com/2008/06/heritage_22.html

Picture of a knotted bracelet with a centre piece which is a knot carved in jade.
http://www.bohlieve.com/2008/06/jade-mystic-knot-for-men/

A philosophical blog about connections that uses an illustration from my website.  Amazingly it is credited.  What good manners.
http://aninteriorlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/lessons-learned-and-re-learned.html

Image of a necklace kumihimo braided and knotted.
http://www.stylehive.com/bookmark/Necklace-Artisan-Kumiko-Muramatsu-64638

Ashbury Park Press takes on the double bowline
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080912/SPORTS06/809120332/1002/SPORTS

A blog about learning Chinese with text about Chinese knotting "borrowed" from the Taiwan cultural treasures definitions.
http://www.hellomandarin.com/blog/?p=1848

The Instructables website is having a Crafts Skills contest.  Perhaps one of you would like to make a knot tying instructable and enter the contest?
http://www.instructables.com/contest/craftskills/

A jadeite knotted bracelet
http://enijew.blogspot.com/2008/09/jade-jadeite-beads-bracelet_6986.html

A "blog" about the history of Chinese knotting that "borrows" from a number of recognizable different sources with about half of the text lifted almost verbatim from my site.
http://anarcaquista.blogspot.com/2008/09/chinese-knotting.html

Someone blogs about their shop that they would like to open which will have kumihimo (Japanese braided) works.  They describe it thusly: "It is called Kumihimo, which (funny enough since she found it in Germany) is a centuries-old Japanese braiding/knotting technique."  Except that originally, it just said knotting.  If you go down the list of comments you'll see no mention of braiding until the end.  That would be after the post "removed by a blog administrator" which points out that kumihimo is braiding, not knotting.  You might wonder how I would know the contents of the censored post when I am probably not the administrator.  Yes, you are probably correct. 
http://gemsandjingles.blogspot.com/2008/09/name-that-shop-giveaway.html

[KnotMe]

A couple of knot substitute/helpers (?) starting with the "adjustable rope stop" called "slipknot"
http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/820540

and the "figure 9 carabiner" which helps you fix ropes to a fixed point with minimal knot knowledge
http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/003052.php

Now a couple of video sources:
on Metacafe, a poster styled sammykyut has posted a fair number of how-to-tie knot videos.  Don't forget to check out the "related video" link (mostly necktie knots)
http://www.metacafe.com/channels/sammykyut/

on YouTube there's an interesting double coin knot vs carrick bend video by the Two Knotty Boys.  A note for the sensitive (or those browsing with youngsters) that the TKB's main area of knotty interest is unrelated to outdoor pursuits.  Something to be aware of when following their other links.  That said, their decorative knot videos that I've viewed are excellent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFLCIqPRTUE&feature=related

For those interested in tatting and netting, the Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting exhibit
   http://www.wnyc.org/slideshows/knit
is currently in Scottsdale, AZ
    http://www.smoca.org/exhibit.php?id=174

An essay about necktie knots
http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/peacearchnews/opinion/28628354.html

Next is how to tie a 1 strand diamond knot.  On a Chinese real estate site.  Really.
http://realestatechina.biz/culture/to-achieve-a-chinese-knot-in-picture.htm

Yet another blog entry about Chinese knots with text that doesn't cover any new ground (and in this case, in a blinding colour combination).  That said, the claim is that the knot pictured is the work of the blog author.  Here's hoping there's more to come.
http://cid-7a458aa7f2e3a0e1.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!7A458AA7F2E3A0E1!129.entry

A how-to for a knitted and felted bangle with a simple knot decoration.
http://resurrectionfern.typepad.com/resurrection_fern/2008/09/this-is-knot-a-bracelet-a-tutorial-to-knit-and-felt-a-bangle-bracelet.html

A dragon brocade wedding ring pillow with a mystic knot attached to the middle to hold the rings onto the pillow.
http://www.weddingthings.com/product/1232/wedding_ring_pillows/

[KnotMe]

The Instructables site is having another contest.  This one is about answering the "burning questions" asked by site visitors.  One of the "wanted instructions" IGKTers might want to answer are "Friendship bracelets" and "How to braid" (although that last may be more appropriate for Braid Society members.... 
http://www.instructables.com/contest/burningquestions6/

Another congregation point for knot tyers.  The deviantART forum is mostly dedicated to graphic art.  There is also a lively and helpful forum for those dedicated to computer art.  I have only recently discovered their artisan crafts category.  While, right there in the directory name, the area started out as baskets (the information button says baskets and woven reed creations).  Clearly, though,  they were just asking for it when they were being oblique (cutesy?) and named the area "knotting and weavings"
http://browse.deviantart.com/artisan/basketry/

Another MetaCafe video how-to.  This one for a "Chinese Staircase"
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1783742/how_to_tie_a_chinese_staircase/

A blog from a rural denizen philosophizing and reminiscing about knots
http://www.grit.com/blogs/Id-Better-Knot.aspx?blogid=1850

A tablewear (serving dishes and utensils) designer who's signature is a knot in the handle of her flatwear (forks, spoons, etc)
http://www.maryjurekdesigninc.com/

Another essay on neckties and their place in (British) society.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?xml=/portal/2008/09/23/ftchavknot123.xml

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The blog of a Chinese knotting guild in Hong Kong.
http://iwom.wordpress.com/

In this particular entry she mentions string shops in Hong Kong and I just had to ask her for directions, even if it may be decades if ever before I return to Hong Kong.
http://iwom.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/true-confessions/#comments
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wikiHow with how to make rope grommets
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Rope-Grommets

first thing on the left side navigation menu and also at the bottom is a list of "Related wikiHows" or just go straight for the knot search
http://www.wikihow.com/Special:LSearch?fulltext=Search&search=knot
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Speaking of search engines, I had heard that BaiDu is the Chinese Google.  Here's the image search for "jie yi" == "knotted art"
http://image.baidu.com/i?ct=201326592&lm=-1&tn=baiduimagenojs&pv=&word=%BD%E1%D2%D5&z=0&pn=0&rn=20&cl=2

Here's the text search for "zhong guo jie" == "Chinese knotting"
http://www.baidu.com/s?cl=3&wd=%D6%D0%B9%FA%BD%E1

Here's "youku" (guess what that's an analogue to.  search for video clips of Chinese knotting
http://so.youku.com/search_video/q_%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%BB%93

This is a set of 30 videos that are around 20 mins or so each.  Is it a TV series?
http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_1381695.html
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An well written (in English! and illustrated list of knots suitable for kites, as well as links to how to make your own kite.
http://chinesekitesblog.ruqqa.com/chinese-kite-plans/kite-knots-for-your-chinese-kites

Knots and fireworks (but mostly fireworks, knot content at about the halfway mark and again a little lower).
http://blog.skylighter.com/fireworks/2008/10/mortar-racks-fu.html

A nice little blog entry with picture of a big pan chang.
http://liz-unfurling.blogspot.com/2008/10/red-knot.html

A blog entry on the Nascar site about fishing knots.
http://community.nascar.com/blogs/52543

The Ig Nobel Prize people thought it was rather obvious that agitating a bunch of string would results in knots and so awarded the 2008 Ig Nobel in Physics to Raymer and Smith.
http://io9.com/5058663/intelligent-slime-and-stripper-estrous-dominate-the-ig-nobel-prizes

Someone is auctioning a hanamusubi book that I haven't seen before.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120314375295&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:CA:1123
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An article about Wonder Woman and fashion, but check out the real life knotty fashions being worn in the picture accompanying the article.  (That's right.  Any fashion awareness I have comes from genre blogs. 
http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/10/07/fashion-icon-debuts-wonder-woman-comic/

Researching the pictured woman (Diane von Furstenberg) we find a sandal with a knot abstraction.
http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2970172?cm_cat=datafeed&cm_pla=shoes:women:sandals%2Fslides&cm_ite=diane_von_furstenberg_'molto'_sandal:218298&cm_ven=Froogle&mr:trackingCode=3C072C36-5395-DD11-B7E2-001422107090&mr:referralID=NA

A necklace with gold "knot" links
http://www.dvf.com/dvf/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=C2O173392

In fact a lot of her jewelry has knot detail
http://www.dvf.com/dvf/browse/subcategory.jsp?trail=&viewAll=true&categoryId=FINE+JEWELRY&featureId=&addFacet=&mode=&selectedSortBy=marketingPriority&removeFacet=&selectedHowMany=19

Dresses with knotted shoulder detail (if you allow Flash to run in your browser, you can see the dresses and zoom in a bit on the detail, the teal dress includes an image of the back which shows even more knotwork.)
http://www.dvf.com/dvf/browse/productDetailWithPicker.jsp?productId=D7244043G8&categoryId=DRESSES
http://www.dvf.com/dvf/browse/productDetailWithPicker.jsp?productId=D7295397S8&categoryId=DRESSES

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Lifehacker Australia links to a video with instructions for the bowline.
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/10/12/how_to_tie_a_bowline_knot-2.html

Another knot article in the New Scientist Magazine.  Alas, this link only points to teaser.
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg20026781.500-fundamental-secrets-are-tied-up-in-knots.html?DCMP=ILC-rhts&nsref=ts1_head_Fundamental%20secrets%20are%20tied%20up%20in%20knots

A story of the Gordian knot and others meant to inspire optimism in the face of economic sadness.
http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=3&newsID=84551

Apparently a "real" Gordian knot was used in a reality show.  I wonder what it looked like and how the participants untied it (I'm assuming they weren't given swords 8-)
http://www.gadling.com/2008/10/20/amazing-race-season-3-episode-4-new-zealand-where-kiwis-are-ha/print/

Found it.  Knot stuff between 1:10-2mins.  It looks more or less like a monkey's fist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83p7FPm_8bU

Mountain Zone talks clove hitches
http://www.mountainzone.com/how-to-articles/viewarticle.asp?aid=3823&sid=1

Images of pan chang knots offered for digital scrapbooking purposes.
http://bowesclan.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/chinese-knot-1-digiscrapping-freebie/

Their press release mentioned their Chinese knot based logo, so I had to see it for myself...
http://www.chinaunicom.com.hk/

A very strange blog entry which appears to mostly be for the purposes of attempting to change their search engine ranking.  I mention it in case I'm wrong and someone else knows better (because I'd love to see furniture with knots carved into them!  .  The text appears to be the slap-dash merging of familiar text about Chinese knotting and something about furniture.  The rest of the site does indeed sell furniture, but the knot related furniture mentioned does not appear to exist.  For the purposes of not helping their suspicious behavior, I've added some spaces to link below.  Cut and paste into your browser and remove the spaces to judge for yourself.
http://www. zenzu. co. uk/blog/2008/10/structure-of-oriental-furniture/

[KnotMe]

The latest Strands, yearly magazine of the Braid Society (http://www.braidsociety.com/), contains an article about Hungarian Hussar costumes which are the epitome of the military braid type uniform with many elaborately knotted buttons.

Knitters knot too.
http://knitonbambooneedles.blogspot.com/2008/10/from-knittingdaily-chinese-knot.html
http://whipup.net/2008/10/26/knitting-daily-chinese-knots/

Anecdote about the importance of knots from a mountain climber
http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews.lasso?l=2&keyid=36412

Ashbury Park Press knot of the week:
Bowline on a bight:  http://www.app.com/article/20081031/SPORTS06/810310332/1002/sports
Harness Bend:  http://www.app.com/article/20081024/SPORTS06/810240322/1002/sports

A light fixture shaped like a noose.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/10/noose_hanging_lamp_illuminates_rooms_darkens_spirits-2.html

In case that wasn't macabre enough, here's a lamp with a figure hanging from the noose...
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/10/hanging_man_lamp_will_knot_brighten_your_day-2.html

A knotty blog entry.
http://baiyu-quietmuse.blogspot.com/2008/10/dragonflys-with-beady-eyes.html

Profile of a knot artist in New Hampshire.  No pictures of knots in the article.
http://www.nh.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081028/NHM50/810169978/-1/NHM01

An article about macrame.  Is it the same as that free article i reported on a while back?  I don't remember without checking, which you could do if you care enough. 
http://giftscrafts.blogr.com/stories/8211276/

An article about a fashion designer where knotted fabric is the distinguishing feature of the garments.
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/fashion-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=65138

A gallery of the above mentioned fashions.
http://specials.rediff.com/getahead/2008/oct/23anuj1.htm

More pictures of the above mentioned fashions.
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/promotions/lakme-fashion-week-2008/Anuj-Sharma.asp

Another article about the same.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Fashion_Shows/Having_fun_with_knots/articleshow/3637236.cms

And the accompanying gallery
http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3633982.cms

Scroll to the bottom of this article for a quick mention of a Chinese knotting demo event at a local (Whitehorse, http://www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/) museum.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/galleries-throw-open-their-doors-for-get-into-art-day/2008/10/24/1224351543847.html

[KnotMe]

Since I'm about to leave the lands of constant 'net connections, I thought I'd clear out my link stack (BTW if anyone in the LA area would be interested in seeing some of my stuff in person, tell me before tomorrow (Nov 7) and I'll bring it. 

Fire Engineering magazine discusses the contents of the Livonia (MI) Fire & Rescue ropes/knots class.  It's a short article with minimal detail on the knot side, but names are named and there's pointers to a book of possible interest.
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/344624/25/none/none/BRNIS/Training-Days:-Rope-and-Knot-Review

Knotted turtles.  They're like the Chinese version of macrame owls.  Still cute tho. 
http://worldembroideries.blogspot.com/2008/11/knotted-turtles.html

A nice Pan Chang and some knotted Olympic rings.
http://worldembroideries.blogspot.com/2008/11/pan-chang-good-luck-knot.html

[KnotMe]

the last time my browser crashed i had 61 open tabs (on one window, more in other windows) most of which were pages waiting for mentions in these round-ups.  time to give my computer a break!

Suzen Millodot's latest book "Ornamental Knots for Beaded Jewellery: New Knots , New Projects, New Designs" published by Search Press, ISBN 978-1-84448-248-1 is out and I snapped it up.  The problem as seen from a person with my collection of books is that with the exception of Guinevere's Necklace (a like Celtic inspired project) I have seen all of this before many, many times.    There's dragonflies, pipa/teardrop knots, macrame necklaces and long button knots.  Other than being written in English it could be just about any basic book you pick up in Chinatown.  But then, just because I have 20 other books exactly like this (only not in English) does not mean that it's not something the anglophone market needs.  If you've got your Lydia Chen collection, then only 1 or 2 Celtic knots are new.  If you've seen Suzen's other books, and like the way she puts together projects, then get this one.  If you're a practical knotter and want to get more into the decorative side or want to entice your friend with magpie tendencies (ooooh, shiny!) then this is not a bad place to start.

an article about knots and DNA.  now you know as much as i do.   
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081124/FRONTIERS/417002697/1036

an article worth reading in the Epoch times about Chinese knotting.  while the content is not revolutionary, it appears actually original to the writer, plus they nicely print the Chinese characters and translate the terms as well as transliterate (romanize/pinyin) the terms.
http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/china/ancient-china-knot-art-tying-6894.html

a testimonial about the value of knot knowledge to sea scouts
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20081122/LIFESTYLE/811220315

an exhortation to share knots with your kids
http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20081119/SPORTS/811199965/1052&title=Master%20your%20knots,%20pass%20on%20the%20knowledge

greek football or Indonesia/Malay Sepak Takraw ball.  is it knotting?  not in the form shown, but it's a sphere covering with linear elements and under certain circumstances i think it is knotting.  whatever it is, it's cool, and here's a how-to video.
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Weave-A-Greek-Paper-Football/

an article about ethnic crafts with a nice blurb and a picture of Chinese knots about half-way through
http://ethniccraft.blogspot.com/2008/12/china-ethnic-craft-chinese-folk-toys.html

a recommendation for Ashley's
http://www.starbulletin.com/sports/20081219_water_ways.html

someone practicing their (pretty good English) by blogging about Chinese knots?
http://zhiweidaiblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/chinese-knoting.html

one blog leads to another.  so momiji studios blogs about tranquility knots and reminds herself to try tying some knots from that book she bought ...
http://momijistudio.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-handicrafts-favorite.html
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5530313

devilchasnme has a blog I just discovered.  with work reminiscent of stormdrayne, he sells his work (although I have not seen the shop side of his site)
http://devilchasnme.blogspot.com/

blog of someone selling hand-crafted jewelry.  down at the bottom is a pendant/charm with a very familiar shape.  worth attempting to track down for guild purposes?
http://community.livejournal.com/getplush/63436.html

an interesting take on the knots as early Chinese writing issue.  "does this 7 eared brocade knot mean that you owe me 5 cows or i owe you 20 sheep?"  as an added bonus, pictures of the pipa instrument, namesake for the pipa knot.
http://www.mysteriouschina.com/chinese-myth-legend-1-fu-xi-legend/

blog entry from an artisan inspired by "Beaded Macrame Jewelry" and "Celtic Knots for Beaded Jewelry" books.
http://kcrystina.com/weblog/playing-with-knots

the jade bead blogger cannot help but blog about knots as well
http://baiyu-quietmuse.blogspot.com/

a new student of Chinese knots blogs of her work
http://ranibeading.blogspot.com/2008/12/chinese-knot-necklaces.html

a blog entry from someone visiting Seoul with pictures of a knot (and a link) from the Korean Folk Museum
http://nlwildcat.blogspot.com/2008/12/autumn-in-seoul.html
http://nanta.i-pmc.co.kr/index.asp

blog of the Networking Entertaining Asian American Talent Org with a bunch of pictures of Chinese dresses with their knotted buttons prominently displayed
http://neaat.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/chinese-knot/

someone obsessed with pink ties some knots (close to the bottom of the page)
http://luluscottage.blogspot.com/2008/11/looking-for-pink.html
http://luluscottage.blogspot.com/2008/12/pink-saturday-secret.html

familiar words and pictures pasted into a Chinese blog
http://iamlanshuxiang.blog.163.com/blog/static/535049142008101473366/

a blog entry that proves that not every Chinese knot makes a good tree ornament
http://www.0050.com/article/shoppingadvice/2008-12-20/979.html

decorating your presents with mizuhiki looks to be way more successful though
http://zakkalife.blogspot.com/2008/11/gift-wrapping-with-mizuhiki-cord.html

I usually ignore the rug knot side of things, but this one is just so... informative about rug books that it seems worthy of the mention, even if the knot content is pretty much nil.
http://rugbooks.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-titles-for-december-2008.html

this is another one of those wacky blogs that seem to make very little sense, slapped together with content from other sites based on a theme.  this one a little more coherent than most, a human might even have composed some of the text, plus it's got pictures.
http://morisseaublog5725.antieu.com/2008/12/11/cheap-chinese-knots-for-beaded-jewellery-just-a-simple-solution/

this wire jewelry class will teach a "knot bead".  it's not really a knot but it looks cool.  it's interesting how the idea of knots is so basic to our thoughts that it is borrowed to add flavour to things that are not knots at all.
ttp://www.jewelryartistmagazine.com/beadfest/SantaFe/index.cfm?action=class&classid=1132

some unillustrated text instructions for tying your tie
http://living.oneindia.in/do-it-yourself/knot-a-tie.html

fashionistas talk ties
http://justwoman.asiaone.com/Just%2BWoman/Style%2BGuide/Fashion%2BTrends/Story/A1Story20081107-99057.html

yet another authority on ties heard from
http://www.lawweekly.org/?module=displaystory&story_id=2300&edition_id=106&format=html

an image consultant speaks out about ties
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/18751?tid=14

December is tie month, at least in the US
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/fashion/s_602963.html

silk scarves (the distaff version of silk ties) and how to tie them
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/536/story/420651.html

from silky scarves to wooly scarves, but it's still all about how you tie it.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/fashion/article2017754.ece

an iPhone/iPod Touch application that teaches you how to tie your tie.
http://www.appscode.com/Main/Tie-a-Tie.html

an iPhone/iPod Touch application that teaches you how to tie a variety (36) of practical knots (see the site for the list)
http://www.winkpass.com/knotguide.html

a worldcat (catalog of books in libraries) listing for a maedup book, this one, apparently in a library in Washington D.C.?   a jumping off point for further research?
http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/ow/60582663

more on the Chinese cultural week in Pakistan put on by the Chinese embassy an association with the Pakistan National Council of the Arts
http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=148402

a group of chinese craft workers toured Essex
http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/3856327.Colchester__Chinese_craftsmen_skills_revealed/

a luxury watch with a diamond encrusted Celtic knot face
http://www.vialuxe.com/News/style-fashion-celebrity-news-Richard-Mille-RM-019--Celtic-Knot--Ladies-Tourbillon-Watch/4236,29435

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an article worth reading in the Epoch times about Chinese knotting.  while the content is not revolutionary, it appears actually original to the writer, plus they nicely print the Chinese characters and translate the terms as well as transliterate (romanize/pinyin) the terms.
http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/china/ancient-china-knot-art-tying-6894.html

it's a well known phenomenon that we tend to scan web material and that's very true of me.  i scanned this article and liked it enough to recommend it highly and print it out for later reading and safekeeping.  when i read it on paper, i realized that the article was, in fact, shoddily researched.  by the time i got to the bottom of the article and recognized my own words lightly reprocessed it was clear that at least in the later section it was half cut-n-paste and half rampant speculation (the good luck knot was only recently named, it was never more representative of good luck than any other knot, so that part is just blather).  that said, the translation of terms part and character discussion is valid and accurate, so that part is still valuable.