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This decorative knot formation is

made with two cords. Tie the first

cord into a pan changknot (1), then embellish

its rim with the second cord. After completing

the rim embellishment, tie the second cord

into a winged pan changknot (2) and use the

first cord to embellish its rim. Hide all four

cord ends inside the body of the knot.

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Fold a cord and tie a pan chang

knot (7). On completing the first

loop at top right, turn back the cord

ends and tie a round brocade knot (3),

hooking it up with the neighboring side

loop (1). Then extend the outermost

loop into a cloverleaf knot (2). On com-

pleting the first side loop at bottom

right, extend it into a round brocade

knot (6), hooking it up with the neigh-

boring side loop (4).Then extend the

outermost loop into a cloverleaf knot

(5). Make sure the right and left sides

are identical. After completing the pan

changknot, sew the cord ends inside

the knot body.

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This knot formation comprises a series

of interlinked cloverleaf knots tied in

the sequence (1–13), as indicated above. How-

ever, the tying techniques of cloverleaf knots

4, 9 and 12 are the same as that of the last

cloverleaf knot within the ru yi knot.

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The design of this formation, “Two Dragons Playing With a Dragon Ball,” is based on

a stone carving on the wall of an ancient Chinese tomb. It is tied with cords of two dif-

ferent colors. First, fold a cord and tie a round brocade knot (1) to form the dragon ball. Then,

using the tying technique of the dragon knot (see Chinese Knotting, page 68), tie the two cords

separately into two dragon heads (2, 3) lying on either side of the round brocade knot. Finally,

using the tying technique with four cord ends (see page 13 above), tie a long series of knots

(4) very similar to a double connection knot to form the intertwined bodies of the dragons.

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tightly yet. Weave the right end of the dark
colored cord beneath pan changknot 5 into
round brocade knot 28, as shown. On com-
pleting the middle outer loop on the right,
pull the cord end through the body of pan
changknot 14 and tie knots 15–18 using the
same technique as for knots 6–9. Do exactly
the same thing with the dark colored cord’s
left cord end. After the dark colored cord
ends are finished, tighten and adjust round
brocade knot 28. Continue downward, tying a
structure similar to knots 1– 9.
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