ABoK #615 T shaped button/toggle knot

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Remove pins at this step

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For these 3 steps you'll need a BBQ skewer or some rigid wire... anything to follow where I insert where I place my skewer.

Insert skewer/tool here

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Make sure you get it UNDER where I am pointing

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All the way through the other end

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After lifting from pattern... hold the stick from underneath gently gripping dangling ends with fingers and begin to tighten around stick

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After a bit of snugging up.

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Side view

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Still with me...?

with a 'spine' of some kind the knot naturally takes shape... still finger tight.

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Different angle

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This is as close as I can get with my fingers for tightening before I remove the skewer.

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Finishing phase

Once stick is out watch this part... dont let it slip into the knot.

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Prick it up a bit for the final tighten

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To get down here I use needle nose pliers.... just firm, not too tight.

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I tried to use more pics than text, but let me know if there's any Q's I can help with.

Voila... you are done

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Ok, I'll try to get Q's answered tomorrow (I just know I confused the process somehow) but the most important part is the inserting of a rigid tool of some kind while tightening. Makes a huge difference and helps keep the knot from folding on itself during the tightening phase. After removing the skewer you could always slip a toothpick or something similar in size and snip the ends on either side of the toggle and leave the rest buried in there as a kind of spine for the knot. Pinch the ends a bit to conceal the 'rod' if thats the way you go.
Now it's bathtime for the boys.... good luck.