a methodist knotting is an knot that is methodisy
A garmet where the fabrick has been made from one thread by the process of knotting.
In the late 1970's they were made from shellac.
A knotting board is used for holding macrame while it is being made. A cutting board is used as a backing for rotory cutters used in sewing and especially in quilting.
no there is not because shellac is created by a bug.
I was not aware that any insect secreted lac, and have always thought it to be a substance produced by the wings of the lac beetle. When I was a kid I used to mix shellac as an apprentice painter, and this was used to paint onto knots in timber to fix the knot prior to painting, which prevented the knot from popping or bleeding into the paint. I used to use meths to melt down the lac flakes. In addition to this traditional way of producing knotting there was a Patent Knotting, which I understood to be an artificial form of Lac. Stuart Webber scale insects secret lac - I think the one that is commercial is the the true lac scale insect. batnovice
Resin shellac is marketed in the form of amber flakes and is made from secretions of the lac insect. Resin shellac is a natural thermoplastic that is soft and flows under pressure when heated but rigid at room temperature. It is an ingredient in products such as abrasives and sealing wax.
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That is the correct spelling of the word "shellac" (referring to a varnish).The same spelling is used as a proper name by a band Shellac.
Production of Shellac records started in 1898
Shellac? It is a resin in the cocoon of the female lac beetle dissolved in alcohol
Emil Berliner