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Single Cord End Button Knot
TYING INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1. Tie the right cord end into ear loop 1 in an anticlockwise direction. Tie ear
loop 2 on top and overlap with 1. Step 2. Carry on anticlockwise with the right cord
end. Pull through 1, pass over 2, pull through 1, pass over the left cord end and at the
same time pull through 2 and 1 to complete the third ear loop. Step 3. Tighten the
knot by pulling the two cord ends in opposite directions.

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5 Completed knot

Single cord end button knot.

114 BUTTON KNOT