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Effect

The Dissolving Single Knot

Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926

Time
2 min read + 10 min practice
Materials
In the library
Prerequisites
None

Performer ties a single knot in handkerchief and places handkerchief on a chair. Then he lifts handkerchief again, and knot has disappeared.

How it is done

The method, 6 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.

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