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The cord material for this knot formation (see photograph

page 15) is called “snake’s abdomen.” Since the cord looks

like two conjoined cords, the resulting knot formation is very unusual.

Fold a snake abdomen cord and tie a double connection knot (1) fol-

lowed by a ling huaknot (2). Fold another cord and embellish the rim

of the ling huaknot. Extend the corner loop on each side of the ling

huaknot into a round brocade knot with six outer loops (6, 10). Extend

every other outer loop into a cloverleaf knot (3–5; 7–9). Bring the four

cord ends together at the bottom of the ling huaknot and tie them

into a button knot (11). Hide three cord ends inside the knot body and

pull the remaining one through the piece of jade (or other ornamental

object). Make a separate button tassel (12) and tie it to the cord end

at the bottom of the jade piece.

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To make this dangling ornament (see photograph page

14), tie two cords into a double happiness knot (1) (see

Chinese Knotting, page 66), but do not directly hook up the first hori-

zontal stroke. Instead, hook it up with a double coin knot. After com-

pleting the double happiness knot, tie the two cord ends on the right

side into a double connection knot (2) followed by two button ring

knots (3, 4). Sew a diagonal weave tassel (5) on the bottom. Repeat

the steps for the left side (6–9). Fold another cord and tie a stone

chime knot (10). Hook up the bottom corner loops on each side with

double happiness knot 1. After completing the stone chime knot, pull

both cord ends through the body of the knot and out the top and tie

a button knot (11), a button ring knot (12), another button knot (13),

and (not shown) a plafond knot (see Chinese Knotting, page 56) and

double connection knot for hanging.

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