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

Fun with chinese Knotting-(Berkeiey)

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74 BUTTON RING KNOT

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Button Ring Knot

This knot has the same basic shape and structure as the button knot except

that it now has a hollow center, hence the name button ring knot. When a

string is passed through the center of the knot, the whole knot can slide freely

along it. It can thus be used as a decorative design to replace beads. It can also

be used to cover the join of two cords.

Tying

One cord is used to tie this knot. Using a cylindrical rod as the axis, wind the

cord clockwise twice around the rod from the bottom up. Hold cord end B

steady with the left thumb and use cord end A at the top for tying. Pull up the

bottom cord on the side of the rod to intersect with the top cord, as shown in

step 2, then weave cord end A into and around the intersection. Part 1 is then

completed. Next, turn the axis slightly clockwise and start winding the cord

around the rod again, as described in part 1. Follow this method and tie as

many parts as you like in accordance with the length of the rod and the length

of the cord. If you tie cord end A backwards to follow the original route, the

whole thing will become a double-layered structure. If you make another

round following this same method, it will become a triple-layered structure.

Finally, pull out the rod axis and sew the cord ends into the body of the knot.

Tips

• As cord end B is not tied, keep it short and steady on the axis.


• After the tying process is completed, tighten the cord as much as possible so
  that when the axis is pulled out, each part of the knot is exactly the same.

2 Pull up the lower cord and press

it against the upper cord to form

an intersection.

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