{{Short description|Type of knot}} thumb|Monkey's fist knot

A '''decorative''' or '''ornamental knot''' (also '''fancy knot'''<ref name="owen6">{{cite book | last = Owen | first = Peter | title = The Book of Decorative Knots | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lnr-ATR5po4C&q=decorative+knot&pg=PA6 | access-date = 2010-02-18 | year = 1994 | publisher = Globe Pequot | isbn = 978-1-55821-304-3 | page = 6}}</ref>) is an often complex knot exhibiting repeating patterns. A decorative knot is generally a knot that not only has practical use but is also known for its aesthetic or ornamental qualities.<ref name="owen125">[https://books.google.com/books?id=lnr-ATR5po4C&dq=decorative+knot&pg=PA125 Owen (1994), p.125.] Access date: 2010-02-18. "They can be used for practical purposes or pure decoration.</ref> Often originating from maritime use, "decorative knots are not only serviceable and functional but also enhance the ship-shape appearance of any vessel."<ref>Owen (1994), p.11.</ref> Decorative knots may be used alone or in combination,<ref>Owen, Peter (2003). ''The Ultimate Book of Knots: More Than Two-Hundred Practical and Decorative Knots'', p.493. Globe Pequot. {{ISBN|9781592281602}}.</ref> and may consist of single or multiple strands.<ref name="Everything">Penn, Randy (2004). ''The Everything Knots Book: Step-By-Step Instructions for Tying Any Knot'', p.189. Everything Books. {{ISBN|9781440522772}}.</ref><ref>Randall, Peter (2012). ''The Craft of the Knot: From Fishing Knots to Bowlines and Bends, a Practical Guide to Knot Tying and Usage'', p.29. Adams Media. {{ISBN|9781440552502}}.</ref>

{{quote|Though the word ''decorative'' sometimes implies that little or no function is served, the craft of decorative knot tying generally combines both form and function.<ref name="Everything"/>}}

Coxcombing is decorative knotwork performed by sailors during the Age of Sail to dress-up, protect, or help identify specific items and parts of ships and boats.

==List== {{Expand list|date=February 2011}} thumb|Some decorative knots This is an alphabetical list of decorative knots. {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * Austrian knots * Aztec button knot * Bruce knot * Carrick mat * Catherine knot * Celtic knotting * Chinese button knot * Diamond knot * ''Discipline'' (King&nbsp;Crimson album) knotwork (Discipline Global Mobile logo) * Endless knot (unknot) * Eternity knot * Fan knot * Fiador knot * Flat mat knot * Flores button knot * Friendship knot * Gaucho knot * Ginfer knot * Globe knot * Headhunter's knot * Heel knot * Heraldic knot ** Bourchier knot ** Bowen knot (unknot) ** Dacre knot (unknot) ** Hinckaert knot ** Hungerford knot ** Wake knot * Herringbone knot * Interlace (visual arts) * Lone star knot * Matthew Walker knot * Monkey's fist knot * Pan Chang knot * Pampas button knot * Pineapple knot * Prolong knot * Savoy knot * Sennit * Shamrock knot (an arrangement of True lover's knot) * Solomon's knot * Spanish ring knot * Stafford knot * Turk's head knot * Valknut * Wall and crown knot }}

==See also== [[File:Klockstropp1.jpg|60px|thumb|Bellrope]] {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * List of knots * Knotted stitch * Plait (Braid) * Garland * Japanese glass fishing float (for knotwork) * Bell pull * Necktie ** Windsor knot * Bow tie * Lace * Lanyard * Macramé * Scoubidou * Shoelaces * Silk knots (fabric cufflinks) * String figure * Wedding cord/Handfasting }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Animated Knots|indexdecorative|Decorative knots|15 May 2015 }}

Coxcombing: *http://www.frayedknotarts.com/wheel.html *http://www.morethanknots.com/Hitching_files/Hitch_1.html

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