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

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First, make a piece of leather cord.

With the leather side facing out, pass

the cord through a passage at the top of the

porcelain medallion, then tie a round brocade

knot with six outer loops (3). Extend the mid-

dle outer loop on each side of the round bro-

cade knot into a cloverleaf knot (1, 2). Leave

enough cord for the necklace loop, then tie

both cord ends together. Finally, insert a bead

in the center of the round brocade knot.

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Fold a cord through the loop of a

pendant and tie a double connection

knot (1) followed by a pan changknot (8).

Extend the outer corner loop on each side of

the pan changknot into a cloverleaf knot (2,

3), but do not tighten the pan changknot yet.

Tie a gold cord along the right side of the

original cord in the pan changknot. On com-

pleting the top right corner loop, turn the

gold cord end back and tie a cloverleaf knot

with two outer loops (4), the first side loop

being on the top right side. On completing

the bottom right corner loop of the pan chang

knot, turn the cord end back and tie a clover-

leaf knot with two outer loops (5), the first

side loop being on the bottom right side.

Repeat the steps on the left (6, 8), making

sure both sides of the knot formation are

identical. Then tighten the pan changknot.

Hide the gold cord end inside the bottom

part of the knot body. Then tie the two origi-

nal cord ends into a double connection knot

(9). Leave enough cord for the necklace loop

and tie the ends into a button knot. Finally,

sew jade (or other) beads into the two outer

loops of cloverleaf knots 2 and 3.

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Gold cords are not normally used to

tie the body of a knot since they snap

quite easily. This knot formation is an excep-

tion. Using soft cords to supplement a gold

cord prevents it from being damaged by ex-

cessive friction. First, fold a gold cord and tie

a stone chime knot (9). Extend the third loops

on the top left and top right sides into knots

similar to a ru yiknot by replacing the clover-

leaf knot situated on top of the ru yiknot with

a round brocade knot (2–4; 6–8). Do not tight-

en the stone chime knot yet. Weave another

soft cord into the knot body for support, then

only tighten the knot. After completing the

stone chime knot, hook up the green gem-

stone pendant with the soft cord. Pull the

soft cord and the gold cord together upward

through the knot body. Tie the right ends of

both cords into several interspaced double

connection knots to form the necklace loop.

Do the same for the left cord ends. Then tie

the two ends of the necklace loop into a but-

ton knot. Finally, insert beads into the outer

loops of the ru yiknots, as shown.

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Fold a cord through a chain of jade

rings and tie a double connection

knot (1) followed by a winged pan chang

knot (4). Extend the second side loops on

the top left and right of the winged pan

changknot into a cloverleaf knot (2, 3).

Then tie a san caiknot (7), making the

bottom corner loops on each side fold

around the chain of jade rings. Extend the

first side loops on the bottom left and right

into a ru yiknot (5, 6). Tie another double

connection knot (8). Leave enough cord

for the necklace loop, then tie the two

ends into a final double connection knot.

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