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  1. Mike
    May 18, 2018 @ 7:37 am

    All of the Star Knot links seem to be broken

    • Brion Toss
      May 18, 2018 @ 9:03 am

      Hi,
      Oh dear, which ones are those? I just ran through the links I could see. Is it the pictures?

    • Brion Toss
      May 18, 2018 @ 9:04 am

      The pictures are not URL’s. Do you know how to make that happen?

  2. Mike
    May 18, 2018 @ 12:39 pm

    Had to check on the fine print

    In what looks like the new I hate it editor for your Post – try the following –
    Click on the picture
    Click on the Insert/Edit link icon – it is the chain link thing just above the box you put the text in – a box will popup – at the top of the box where the URL box is – insert the URL of where you want to go to when the picture is clicked on
    Click on Update
    Then Save Changes for the Post just like you do when you edit text

    If you have the old Classic editor (gray stuff on the side)
    Click on the picture
    Click on the pencil to edit the picture
    scroll down and pick “link to Custom URL”
    then enter the URL of the page you want to go to
    Then save and update things

    You use the WordPress.org software and I use the WordPress.com stuff and they are quite similar but some differences and I don’t know exactly what your editor looks like – been a while since I helped in the forums and they also changed the instructions and guides

    Hope this helps a bit

  3. Mike
    May 18, 2018 @ 12:52 pm

    Decorative knots have a purpose, yes different than a Bowline but no less useful, it is the proper application of the knot or tool, decorative knots can be used for door mats or a Thump Mat to keep blocks from denting your deck.

    It’s the proper use that is the secret, just like some of the specialty items Brion has on his web site to make things easier for riggers and others

    I use the Portuguese Sennit or Cobra Knot to make small lanyards for key fobs (make great gifts when given with a coin cell size flashlight) or for small lanyards on Pelican Hooks, easy to make one you get the hang of it – instructions on my site if you want.

  4. Lynda
    May 18, 2018 @ 8:55 pm

    Love you, love Peter who was the first person I met in Port Townsenf. I can help you with getting your posts linked.

  5. jim payne
    July 26, 2018 @ 2:37 pm

    My first star knots were used to secure my ditty roll closed via a lanyard around two of them,,,, I was a teenager in the early 60’s working on a schooner here in Maine, but the ditty roll is still used frequently…fond memories, and yes… a character building knot.