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

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This hanging ornament, compris-

ing four separate knot formations,

denotes prosperity and longevity. To make

the top knot formation, fold a cord and tie a

double connection knot (1), a pan changknot

(2) and a button knot (5). Embellish the rim of

the pan changknot with another cord, at the

same time extending the corner loop on each

side into a round brocade knot (3, 4). Weave

the cord ends into the button knot and sew

them inside the knot body.

The tying technique for the knot formation

on the left and right is exactly the same. Fold

a cord and tie a big (1), medium (2) and small

(3) pan changknot followed by a button knot

(9). Fold another cord and string it with a

multicolored (or other) porcelain bead, leaving

a small loop at the top. Tie a double connec-

tion knot (4), then embellish the rims of the

three pan changknots with the cord. Using

the same cord, extend the corner loop on

each side of big pan changknot 1 into a round

brocade knot (5, 6). Extend the corner loop

on each side of medium pan changknot 2

into a cloverleaf knot (7, 8). After completing

the rim embellishment on small pan chang

knot 3, tie both cord ends into a button knot

(9), then sew them inside the knot body. Sew

a bundle of cords onto the button knot to

form tassel cords.

The name of the bottom knot formation is

“Happiness in the Four Seasons.” Fold a cord,

string it with a porcelain (or other) bead and

tie a ru yiknot (1) followed by a pan chang

knot (4). Extend the corner loops on each side

of the pan changknot into a ru yiknot (2, 3).

Do not tighten the pan changknot yet. Weave

a gold cord alongside the original cord of the

pan changknot, then only tighten the knot.

Sew both ends of the gold cord and one end

of the original cord inside the knot body. Tie

the other one into a ru yiknot (5), then sew

it also inside the knot body. Sew a porcelain

bead with a diagonal weave tassel (6) onto

the bottom of the knot formation. After com-

pleting all four knot formations, sew them

onto the hanging pendant, as shown at left.

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