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With skilled hands, Nazir Hussain knots over 40 knots per minute. Halwan, Pakistan

An expert knotter can knot approximately 40 knots per minute. One knot is tied at a time and cut as evenly as possible with the churi (knife), and then the next knot is made. The churi is crafted in such a manner that the top "crook" adds the extra weight for easy cutting. This "crook" is blunt and is used to do the first pounding of the knots. The knotter knows the order of the knots either by reading from the talam or from memory.