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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 31 May 1996.
[Line] Celtic Knotwork

[Line] Celtic Knotwork

Not too long ago I had asked for some line art of Celtic Knotwork.  Due 
to the underwhelming response, I decided to knuckle down and make my 
own.  Here are some examples.

..jm

-=-=-=-=-=-=-
 /~~\/~~\/~~\/~~\/~~\/~~\
| /\/ /\/ /\/ /\/ /\/ /\ |
| \/ /\/ /\/ /\/ /\/ /\/ |
 \ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/
 /\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \
| /\/ /\/ /\/ /\/ /\/ /\ |
| \/ /\/ /\/ /\/ /\/ /\/ |
 \__/\__/\__/\__/\__/\__/
 
 
 /~~\/~~\/~~\/~~\/~~\/~~\
| db/ db/ db/ db/ db/ db |
| 9P /9P /9P /9P /9P /9P |
 \ \db \db \db \db \db \/
 /\ 9P\ 9P\ 9P\ 9P\ 9P\ \
| db/ db/ db/ db/ db/ db |
| 9P /9P /9P /9P /9P /9P |
 \__/\__/\__/\__/\__/\__/

With the above, I tried filling in the holes to give it the "shaded" 
look.  Sorta worked.  :-/

/~~~~\/~~~~\
| |~\/ /~| |
 \ \/ /\/ / 
  \ \/\ \/  
__/\ \/\ \__
___/\__/\___

This is a basic 6x4 knot.  With a little cut-n-pasting, you can string 
them together:

/~~~~\/~~~~\/~~~~\/~~~~\/~~~~\/~~~~\/~~~~\/~~~~\
| |~\/ /~| || |~\/ /~| || |~\/ /~| || |~\/ /~| |
 \ \/ /\/ /  \ \/ /\/ /  \ \/ /\/ /  \ \/ /\/ / 
  \ \/\ \/    \ \/\ \/    \ \/\ \/    \ \/\ \/  
__/\ \/\ \____/\ \/\ \____/\ \/\ \____/\ \/\ \__
___/\__/\______/\__/\______/\__/\______/\__/\___

8~~~\/~~\/~~~
8 8b/ db/ d8 
8 9P /9P /9P 
8b \db \db \d
8P\ 9P\ 9P\ 9
__db__db__db_
 
This is another 6x4 knot that I shaded in.  Strung together, you get:

8~~~\/~~\/~~~8~~~\/~~\/~~~8~~~\/~~\/~~~8~~~\/~~\/~~~
8 8b/ db/ d8 8 8b/ db/ d8 8 8b/ db/ d8 8 8b/ db/ d8 
8 9P /9P /9P 8 9P /9P /9P 8 9P /9P /9P 8 9P /9P /9P 
8b \db \db \d8b \db \db \d8b \db \db \d8b \db \db \d
8P\ 9P\ 9P\ 98P\ 9P\ 9P\ 98P\ 9P\ 9P\ 98P\ 9P\ 9P\ 9
__db__db__db___db__db__db___db__db__db___db__db__db_

This is the knot pattern that I decided for my .sig file, but I removed 
the shading.  I took the pattern:

/~~~\/~~\/~~~\
| /\/ /\/ /\ |
\ \/ /\/ /\/ /
 \ \/\ \/\ \/ 
_/\ \/\ \/\ \_
__/\__/\__/\__
 
and strung it together.  Note that I modified the right half to mirror 
the left:

 /~~~\/~~\/~~~\/~~~\/~~\/~~~\                    /~~~\/~~\/~~~\/~~~\/~~\/~~~\
 | /\/ /\/ /\ || /\/ /\/ /\ |   James M Mudge    | /\ \/\ \/\ || /\ \/\ \/\ |
 \ \/ /\/ /\/ /\ \/ /\/ /\/ /jmu...@world.std.com\ \/\ \/\ \/ /\ \/\ \/\ \/ /
  \ \/\ \/\ \/  \ \/\ \/\ \/     Boston  MA       \/ /\/ /\/ /  \/ /\/ /\/ /
,_/\ \/\ \/\ \__/\ \/\ \/\ \______________________/ /\/ /\/ /\__/ /\/ /\/ /\_,
(__/\__/\__/\____/\__/\__/\________________________/\__/\__/\____/\__/\__/\__)
 
I didn't care for it, so I redid it, this time inverting the pattern so 
it was now upsidedown! 

~~\/~~\/~~\/~~
~\ \/\ \/\ \/~
 /\ \/\ \/\ \ 
/ /\/ /\/ /\ \
| \/ /\/ /\/ |
\___/\__/\___/
 
This is the final .sig.  Hope you like it!

(~\/~~\/~~\/~~~~\/~~\/~~\/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\/~~\/~~\/~~~~\/~~\/~~\/~)
'\ \/\ \/\ \/~~\ \/\ \/\ \/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\/ /\/ /\/ /~~\/ /\/ /\/ /'
 /\ \/\ \/\ \  /\ \/\ \/\ \     James M Mudge      / /\/ /\/ /\  / /\/ /\/ /\ 
/ /\/ /\/ /\ \/ /\/ /\/ /\ \ jmu...@world.std.com / /\ \/\ \/\ \/ /\ \/\ \/\ \
| \/ /\/ /\/ || \/ /\/ /\/ |        Boston        | \/\ \/\ \/ || \/\ \/\ \/ |
\___/\__/\___/\___/\__/\___/                      \___/\__/\___/\___/\__/\___/
-- 
 (~\/~~\/~~\/~~~~\/~~\/~~\/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\/~~\/~~\/~~~~\/~~\/~~\/~)
 '\ \/\ \/\ \/~~\ \/\ \/\ \/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\/ /\/ /\/ /~~\/ /\/ /\/ /'
  /\ \/\ \/\ \  /\ \/\ \/\ \     James M Mudge      / /\/ /\/ /\  / /\/ /\/ /\ 
 / /\/ /\/ /\ \/ /\/ /\/ /\ \ jmu...@world.std.com / /\ \/\ \/\ \/ /\ \/\ \/\ \

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From: jmu...@world.std.com (James M Mudge)
Subject: [Line] Celtic Knotwork
Date: 1996/05/31
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sender: ber...@netcom14.netcom.com
organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii

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