File:Granny-knot-6-crossings.png

Single-closed-loop version of the "granny knot" of practical knot-tying. (The two-closed-loop version of the granny knot is L4a1.)

A version of this is seen on tenth-century stone cross at Nevern, western Wales.

Self-made, declared to be in public domain, generated from the following PostScript source code:

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