Anyone else who would like to take a stab at tying the lid of their Yixing pot to the the body can find instructions by Sean Chen HERE.TIM wrote:
Thanks! I knew I had seen that and couldn't remember where.Salsero wrote:Anyone else who would like to take a stab at tying the lid of their Yixing pot to the the body can find instructions by Sean Chen HERE.
BTW, tying the lid to the body can be a mixed blessing. It can keep you from major catastrophic drops, but I have seen cases where it resulted in a chipped lid that might not have happened if the lid and body weren't tied together.
That is called the flat knot and is very common in macrame (where it is called the macrame knot) and chinese knot tying (called the flat knot). The ABOK number is 2496 where it is called the Solomon Bar and is noted there as the most common of the 'square knotting' knots. (It's basically a form of the reef knot ABOK#1204 chained together over a warp). Here is a decent videoabout how to tie one. Other fancier versions of 'square knotting' could also be used (ABOK chapter 32).
What can I say, as a lifelong sailor and camper I've picked up some knots, and nothing is more fun than digging around in ABOK.. ;D
The ends could get a better treatment than the OP suggests too, like creative end splices or the more typical 'capture' technique.
What can I say, as a lifelong sailor and camper I've picked up some knots, and nothing is more fun than digging around in ABOK.. ;D
The ends could get a better treatment than the OP suggests too, like creative end splices or the more typical 'capture' technique.
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There are 2 pots of mine that had the knit tie between lid and handle, and the first thing I did to the new pot was to cut the tie offwyardley wrote:Thanks! I knew I had seen that and couldn't remember where.Salsero wrote:Anyone else who would like to take a stab at tying the lid of their Yixing pot to the the body can find instructions by Sean Chen HERE.
BTW, tying the lid to the body can be a mixed blessing. It can keep you from major catastrophic drops, but I have seen cases where it resulted in a chipped lid that might not have happened if the lid and body weren't tied together.
In my impression many people do the same thing. But I don't know if I would regret this behavior if someday I do drop the lid and break it By sitting in peace and doing nothing,
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