The Mud Knot

I got a comment from Jenn at Green Slobber on my Shirt blog (love that name!)about the knots I put in Beamer's tail to keep it out of the mud and promised to do a tutorial on it. Beamer's tail reaches the ground, and to keep it from breaking and getting stepped on, I use the Fisherman's knot. I put about a half dozen of them in rather than one big one, they stay in better.
Start by taking a section of hair,

wrap it over your palm and in front of itself,

take the end and run it behind,

over and through the loop in your hand:

and pull it through and tighten it.

Viola! A mud knot that stays in for a long time. I usually undo them after a couple of weeks and then redo them.

It's best to place them higher up the tail rather than near the end,and if the tail is a little bit dirty it works better than a nice clean, show-sheened slippery tail.
And yes, that is the way my lawn looks today. It needs mowing. At the end of November. Go figure!