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

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To make this hanging ornament

for a sandalwood (or other) fan,

first pull a cord through the hole at the

bottom of the fan, then fold it and tie a ru yi

knot (1), a winged pan changknot (2) and

a ru yiknot (3). Finally, tie a button tassel

(4). Fasten the cord ends of the tassel with

silver threads, as shown above.

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Fold a cord through the loop at the top of this Filipino wind chime made from

seashells and tie a ru yiknot (1) followed by a cloverleaf knot (2). Separate the right

cord and tie a cloverleaf knot (3), hooking its middle outer loop to the adjacent loop of clover-

leaf knot 2. Then tie a ru yiknot (4) followed by another cloverleaf knot (5). Make sure cloverleaf

knot 5 is hooked up with the outer loop of cloverleaf knot 3. Tie another cloverleaf knot (6)

whose outer loop is hooked up with cloverleaf knot 5. Repeat the steps on the left side (7–10),

making sure both sides are identical. Bring together the cord ends of this group of cloverleaf

knots and tie a cloverleaf knot with multiple outer loops (11). Then tie both cord ends into a

cloverleaf knot (12) and hook them up with the outer loops of cloverleaf knots 6 and 10. Final-

ly, tie an inverted ru yiknot (13) followed by a double connection knot (14). Leave enough cord

at the end for hanging the wind chime. Sew a cultured pearl (or other bead) in the center of

the knot formation.

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For this fan decoration, fold a cord through the small hole at the bottom of the fan

and tie a double connection knot (1), a button knot (2) and a hui lingknot (3). Embel-

lish the rim of the hui lingknot with another cord (see page 17 above). Then tie a small hui ling

knot (4) using the second cord. Hide both cord ends inside the knot body. Using the two original

cord ends, embellish the rim of the second hui lingknot. Finally, tie a button tassel (5).

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Use plastic cords that are heat and

water resistant to tie this knot for-

mation for the handlebars of a bicycle. Fold

a cord and tie a button knot (1), a pan chang

knot (2), a ru yiknot (3) and a button tassel (4).

Take two other cords and weave them sepa-

rately through the button knot and the but-

ton tassel to give two colors. Embellish the

rim of the pan changknot with another cord,

and weave both cord ends into the cloverleaf

knot on the top part of the ru yiknot to make

it a two-color cloverleaf knot. Fold and sew

two other cords onto the button tassel to add

more color (see page 112 above).

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