Other names associated with the weaver's knot are the bowline and sheet bend. I have also found several different methods for tying it. The resulting knot may look different depending on which side of it you see. Here's one method: The worker thread should be the longer of the two. If you are using this knot to tie on new warps, the worker thread is the new warp. In repairing a broken warp, the new thread (being longer) would be the worker and the existing end would be the non-worker.
| 1. | Cross the two tails, left over right, and hold the crossing part between the thumb and first finger of the left hand. The "ears" are the ends of the tails that should stand up straight. | |
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| 2. | The right thread is the worker. Take it around over the thumb and pass it behind the left-hand ear - just the left one - and bring it to the front between the two ears. | |
| 3. | Drop the worker. Take the right-hand ear, bend it down into the circle, and place it under the thumb so it is pinched by the thumb along with the thread already under the thumb. The bent thread is actually bending on itself and held to itself in the pinch. | |
| 4. | To tighten, continue holding the thread bent on itself in the pinch between the thumb and index finger of the left hand while pulling on the remaining standing end with the right hand. | |
Read more about weaver's knots, including the double weaver's knot in Book No. 2.,
Warping Your Loom and Tying On New Warps
