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

Fun with chinese Knotting-(Berkeiey)

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Fun with chinese Knotting-(Berkeiey)

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16 FORMATION SKILLS

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Rim embellishment

This method shares the same principle as the knot body penetration method in that

only certain cords are used to tie a knot in the formation. The difference between

them is that instead of penetrating the knot body, the cords concerned are used to

decorate the rim of the knot body using the extension technique of one cord end, as

shown in diagram 16. After embellishing the rim, the cord end(s) concerned can meet

up with the other cord ends underneath to make other knot(s) using the extension

technique of one or both cord ends.

Outer Loop Extension

The outer loop extension technique is used to make a side loop on an existing outer

loop. Upon reaching the outer loop, another knot is tied on this loop, as shown in

diagram 17. The side loop can also be extended to make other side loops, as shown

in diagram 18. The knotter works from the inside to the outside when tying this series

of side loops, although they are completed in the reverse.

Besides extending an outer loop into a side loop, two outer loops can also be used

to tie a side loop. For example, on a pan changknot, two outer loops can be used on

the same side to tie a side loop, as shown in diagram 19; or, as shown in diagram 20,

an outer loop and a corner loop can be used to tie a side loop; or, as shown in

diagram 21, the outer loops from different sides can be used to tie a side loop.

Outer Loop Hook-up

This method can be used to hook up two different knots to make a formation. The

method can be broken down into direct hook-up, double coin hook-up and rim

embellishment hook-up.

Life can be injected into a knot formation using

the extension technique of the outer loops and

the hook-up technique. This knot, depicting a

basket of flowers and a butterfly flirting with

flowers, exhibits joy and prosperity.

See project 111 on page 149 for instructions

on making this knot formation.

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