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

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A knotted phoenix (see photograph page 20) makes a

delightful decoration on clothes, accessories and soft

furnishings. To make the phoenix knot, see Chinese Knotting,page

82. After completing the phoenix knot, embellish it with another
    cord of a similar color, as shown above, to enhance its beauty.

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This necklace is best made in colors that complement

those of the porcelain vase included in the knot formation

(see photograph page 22). To make the formation, fold a cord, tie a

pan changknot (1), then hide the ends of the cord inside the body

of the knot. Take another cord, leave enough length for the necklace

loop, then tie a double connection knot (2) followed by a ru yiknot

(3). Separate the two cord ends and use them to embellish the top left

and right rims of the pan changknot. When the cord ends reach the

corner loops on each side of the pan changknot, extend them into a

ru yiknot (4, 5), then continue to embellish the bottom left and right

rims of the pan changknot. Bring the cords ends together and tie

them into a double connection knot (6) just below the pan chang

knot. Finally, pull both cord ends through the porcelain vase and tie

a button tassel (7).

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