Sentences with phrase «overhand knot»

Audoly's theory proved successful up to a point, being able to predict the correct force for overhand knots with either one or two twists.

But the topology of such a knot can be varied easily by simply repeating the over-under weaving to create overhand knots in which the lace ends twist around each other two or more times.

Physicist Basile Audoly of the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris set to change that in 2008 when he developed a theory to predict the force needed to tighten very simple overhand knots.

In the basic overhand knot, one lace end twists around the other once.

Once you've swapped hands and pulled this snug, you repeat the process to make a second overhand knot on top of the first — except you have to cross the end that's now in your right hand behind the one in your left (adding loops to make the knot easier to untie).

A true sign of a traditionally crafted mala, overhand knotting not only makes the mala stronger, it also provides the perfect space for Japa Meditation — a meditation that uses each bead to count a repetition of a mantra.

A Möbius strip with one twist does not form a knot, however with three, four and five twists it becomes a trefoil knot (like an overhand knot with the ends joined together), a Solomon's knot or a cinquefoil knot respectively.

The theory only applies to overhand knots, Reis points out, and is certainly not «a grand unified theory of knots.»

More generally, a knot with c crossings in some two - dimensional picture has energy at least 2 & pgr; c +4, though this bound is probably not the best possible, as the lowest known energy for an overhand knot is about 74.

Inspired by the tie knot of the same name, this one is also known as the overhand knot or, slightly less appealingly, the bib.

Once you get the hang of the overhand knot used, you will be able to make your bracelets out of all sorts of materials, in a rainbow of colours.

Next, using thin line / string (floss works great), tie a knot around the bolt (clove hitch, overhand knot, does nt really matter), and if possible tie a knot around the edge of the bolt head where it meets the oil pan as well.

Tie an overhand knot around the DIY twig wreath.

Cut a length of yarn (about two or three arm's length)-- you can join the yarn with an overhand knot later if it's too short.