preparation the adhesive or similar material may also be used to prevent the edges of the material from fraying in certain embodiments the folding width in fig2 4 may be intentionally varied thus giving the ribbon an inconsistent thickness in some designs for example the designer may prefer the appearance of knots if one side of the ribbon like fabric is thicker than the other fig5 and 6 illustrates the steps of forming a single overhand knot 408 from a ribbon like length 400 a loop 406 to receive the working end 404 is formed in the ribbon like length 400 the working end 404 is folded over the intersection point 410 of the working end 404 and the standing part 412 and pulled through the loop 406 the overhand knot 408 is tightened by pulling or tugging on the working end 404 while securing the standing part 412 once the first overhand knot 408 is formed the process as seen in fig7 and fig8 is repeated at another point in the fabric length in the depicted embodiment the knots are arranged such that each knot in succession is in direct contact with the previous knot the process of fig7 and 8 is.