Fan Knots

To move from a Turks Head to a Fan knot, change the Coding Pattern from O1U1 to 02U2 or O3U3 and then click-drag the canvas to explore bight-part combinations. Use Column Coding to discover Herringbone patterns and Row Coding to discover Gaucho Fan patterns.

As you explore, you’ll find classic Fan knots like this O2U2:

If you switch to Row Coding, you’ll discover Gaucho Fan patterns like this:

With an O3U3 pattern, you’ll find Herringbone patterns:

If you switch to Row Coding, you’ll again see Gaucho Fan patterns like this:

You’ll also find single-strand variations like this:

Sometimes you’ll land on interesting patterns like this:

And on pretty but less practical patterns like this: