diff --git a/examples/parsing/misc.hank b/examples/parsing/misc.hank
index 83e6b75..2a2aabf 100644
--- a/examples/parsing/misc.hank
+++ b/examples/parsing/misc.hank
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ across more than one line */
 ~ var demo_var = "dynamic content"; // Hank scripts can embed Haxe logic by starting a line with '~'
 
 == knot_example
+=== knot_example
+===knot_example
+==knot_example
 = stitch_example
+=stitch_example
 -> divert_example
 ->divert_example
       ->divert_example
diff --git a/hank/Parser.hx b/hank/Parser.hx
index f859079..5a34743 100644
--- a/hank/Parser.hx
+++ b/hank/Parser.hx
@@ -134,13 +134,21 @@ class Parser {
     }
 
     static function knot(buffer: HankBuffer, position: HankBuffer.Position) : ExprType {
-        var tokens = lineTokens(buffer, 2, position);
-        return EKnot(tokens[1]);
+        buffer.drop('==');
+        if (buffer.peekAhead(0, 1) == '=')
+        {
+            buffer.drop('=');
+        }
+        buffer.skipWhitespace();
+        var tokens = lineTokens(buffer, 1, position);
+        return EKnot(tokens[0]);
     }
 
     static function stitch(buffer: HankBuffer, position: HankBuffer.Position) : ExprType {
-        var tokens = lineTokens(buffer, 2, position);
-        return EStitch(tokens[1]);
+        buffer.drop('=');
+        buffer.skipWhitespace();
+        var tokens = lineTokens(buffer, 1, position);
+        return EStitch(tokens[0]);
     }
 
     static function haxeLine(buffer: HankBuffer, position: HankBuffer.Position) : ExprType {
diff --git a/tests/ParserTest.hx b/tests/ParserTest.hx
index c544f39..931f5fd 100644
--- a/tests/ParserTest.hx
+++ b/tests/ParserTest.hx
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ class ParserTest extends utest.Test {
         ast = parser.parseFile('examples/parsing/misc.hank');
         assertNextExpr(EHaxeLine('var demo_var = "dynamic content";'));
         assertNextExpr(EKnot("knot_example"));
+        assertNextExpr(EKnot("knot_example"));
+        assertNextExpr(EKnot("knot_example"));
+        assertNextExpr(EKnot("knot_example"));
+        assertNextExpr(EStitch("stitch_example"));
         assertNextExpr(EStitch("stitch_example"));
         assertNextExpr(EDivert("divert_example"));
         assertNextExpr(EDivert("divert_example"));