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

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For the key chain on the right, fold a plastic cord through the key ring and tie

a button knot (1) followed by a pan changknot (2). Use another cord to embel-

lish the rim of the pan changknot, then tie a smaller pan changknot (3) just below the

first one with the same cord. Pull the cord ends of pan changknot 2 through the body of

pan changknot 3 and extend them into a cloverleaf knot (4, 5) on the corner loop on each

side. Pull the cord ends out through the knot body of pan changknot 3. Finally, tie all four

cord ends into a button tassel (6).

OTHER DECORATIONS See pages 51–54 for photographs of applications 103–123.

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Knot formations can enliven

plain shoulder bags. For this

decorative knot, first tie a golden bell knot

(5), then extend its bottom right corner

loop into a cloverleaf knot (1). Tie the side

loops immediately to the right and left of

the corner loop into a cloverleaf knot with

two outer loops (2). Repeat the steps for the

left side (3, 4), making sure both sides are

identical. On completing the golden bell

knot, pull both cord ends through the knot

body and out through the top, then tie

them into a button knot (6). String each

cord end with some colored beads. Then

tie each cord end into a cloverleaf knot (7,

8). Fold the cord ends back and bind with

fine thread. Use strong glue to attach the

knot formation to the bag.

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To make this key ring, fold a

leather cord with its leather side

facing out and leave a small loop at the top

for hanging the keys. Then tie a double con-

nection knot (1), a plafond knot (2) (see

Chinese Knotting, page 56) and a button knot

(3). Pull both cord ends through the keys, as

shown, and hide them inside the body of the

button knot. Since the leather surface is quite

rough, the cord ends will not slide out. When-

ever more keys need to be added, pull out

the cord ends, restring the keys, then hide the

ends back inside the body of the button knot.

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