Fun with Chinese Knotting - Making Your Own Fashion Accessories & Accents

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120 HAIR ORNAMENTS

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Hair Ornaments

See pages 28–29 for photographs of applications 1–14.

1

Brush the hair to the right, twist into

two separate strands and fasten with

threads. Make a double coin knot using

the double cord technique (see page 11

above). Flip over the body of the knot and

fasten with a hair clip, then hide the ends

of the hair strands behind the body of the

knot. Tie a red cord all the way along the

knot body.

2

String beads on a gold cord, fold it in

two uneven lengths and glue it in two

rows along the top of a comb, as shown.

Hang aru yi knot on each end of the cord.

Insert beads in the outer loops.

3

Use three cords to weave a three-layered hair band. First, bend some steel wire into the

shape of a hair band. Tie one cord tightly around the band on a slant. Tie the second cord

more loosely onto the band in such a way that the first cord is still visible below it. Fasten the

ends of the two cords to the tips of the steel wire with rubber bands. Tie the third cord into a

creeper knot (1), starting from the middle of the hair band and working toward the left tip of

the wire band. Tie another creeper knot (3) from the middle and work toward the right. Extend

the outer loops of the creeper knot lining the left side of the band into a cloverleaf knot (2).

Extend the outer loops of the creeper knots lining the right side of the band into a round

brocade knot with six outer loops (8), then tie each of the outer loops into a cloverleaf knot

(5–7). Extend the outer loops of the creeper knots lining the right side of the band into a clover-

leaf knot (11). Make creeper knots up to the right tip of the wire band. Bind both ends of the

third cord to the tips of the band with thread. Sew the outer loops of the creeper knots and

round brocade knot together, as well as the outer loops of cloverleaf knot 5 and 7, to keep the

knot formation firm.

4

This hairpin is made from silver cord.

Fold the cord in half and make a clover-

leaf knot (1). Use the right cord to make a

cloverleaf knot with two outer loops (2) fol-

lowed by another cloverleaf knot (4). Use the

left cord to make a cloverleaf knot in an anti-

clockwise direction (7), then another clover-

leaf knot with two outer loops (5) followed

by a cloverleaf knot (3). Make a ribbon knot

(6) and fix cloverleaf knots 1 and 7 onto each

loop of the knot, as shown above. Hide one

of the remaining cord ends behind the knot

body. Tie the remaining cord end into a clover-

leaf knot and hide it also behind the knot

body. Sew a bead in the middle of the outer

loops of each cloverleaf knot. Complete the

formation by sliding a hairpin into the back

of the ribbon knot.

5

Tie a pan chang

knot with a cord

but do not tighten the

knot yet. Take a second

cord, leave a suitable

length, then slide it inside the

pan chang knot, weaving all the

way along the right side. Tighten

the pan chang knot and hide the ends of

the second cord inside the knot body. Twist

each end of the first cord and bind with

thread (see page 24 above). With a third cord,

tie a san caiknot. Tie the cord ends into two

little loops and fasten with thread. Complete

the formation by tying the two knots onto

the hairpin.

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