In reply to GrandpaBig:
Seems a lot of my interest is new ways of tying knots.
What exactly do you mean by "new" ways of tying knots?
There are many very experienced knot tyers who post in this forum... most of whom are creative thinkers.
Do you mean discovery of 'new' (ie original creations that have never before been published) knots?
Or do you mean variations of
existing (ie already known and published) knots?
Would be good to get some clarification on this please...
Since I am right-handed my slip knot is right-handed as well.
There appears to be something 'odd' with your computer generated images.
In the 'flipping' maneuver to progress from image #1 to image #2 - I am unclear what you mean by the term 'flip'?
When you say 'flip' - do you simply mean to turn it over?
If merely turning it over to see the opposite side - this does not alter its
chirality.
Your image #1 has different chirality to image #2.
Image #1 has
left-hand (S) chirality.
Image #2 has right-hand (Z) chirality.
Mere turning the knot over (flipping?) does not alter the chirality.
Analogy is a left shoe. You cannot alter the chirality of a left shoe by flipping it over or rotating it (it is always a left shoe).
NOTE: If you hold a left shoe adjacent to plane mirror - you will see a
reflected image that is a 'right' shoe.