Fiador knot

[asemery]

fiador knot

step 1.
Fold cord in half and bring folded end over itself to form upper loop of fiador


step 2.
Bring the 2 ends under the loop to borm the bottom loopa of the fiador


step 3.
Turn the bottom strand of the upper loop over the top strand and shift the inner circle to the left over the outer circle (circle made inn step 1


step 4.
Bring right hand end over, under the two strands of the loop


step 5.
Bting left hand end - under, over the two strands


step 6.
and bring that same end under everything and up through the  inner loop as shown


step 7.
Bring the remaining end under and up through the outer loop


step 8.
Grap the two ends and the upper loop in one hand, and the two lower loops in the other hand and pull in oppposite directions to form the knot


step 9.
Slowly, one strtand at a time tighten the knot to form the fiador k
not

You can use it as it stands ot tie another fiador above it as I did here

[Olegan67]

Good instruction and foto

[JD]

In the final photo, I notice that two strands have vanish. Is that just the knot covering the two working ends?

[asemery]

In the final photo, I notice that two strands have vanish. Is that just the knot covering the two working ends?

In the final step of the tutorial the working ends inadvertently disappeared from the photo.  The ends can be left long or cut close to the knot as shown ion the photos