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This knot formation is made using the pan chang knot with compound This plafond knot formation is designed as a wall hanging wall and hence
65 outer loops, the pan chang knot with overlapped outer loops and the 66 the side touching the wall is flat.The main knot uses a technique similar
shiftweave pan chang knot. to that of the brocade ball knot. In this case, the tightening process changes the
shape of the knot formation. Only the main knot is described here.
TYING INSTRUCTIONS
1. Use three ear loops on each side to tie three groups of 180-degree shiftweave TYING INSTRUCTIONS
pan chang knots.The central group is two up, two down and the top and bottom 1.When tying the brocade ball knot, tie each outer loop of the first cloverleaf
groups are both one up, one down.The ear loops are arranged according to the knot with two outer loops into a cloverleaf knot. Use one outer loop from the
knotting technique of the pan chang knot with compound/overlapped outer latter to tie, together with the outer loop of the pan chang knot above it, a
loops. cloverleaf knot with two outer loops, and lengthen the central loop in prepara-
2. At the bottom, tie a small good luck knot with six outer loops using the pull tion for tying a double connection knot together with an adjoining outer loop.
and wrap technique. 2. Use the two cord ends to tie the knots on the left and right sides. Before tying
3. Use the remaining cords to tie a tassel with a button knot on each end. the second knot unit on the left and the third knot unit on the right, tie a clover-
leaf knot on the joining cord. Leave a suitable length of cord for tying the central
round brocade knot.
3. For the second knot unit on the left, leave a longer cord length, then use a
single cord end and together with the lengthened loop in unit one, tie a double
coin knot, a cloverleaf knot (place the double coin knot on the central outer loop
of the cloverleaf knot), a round brocade knot (with three outer loops extended
into cloverleaf knots), a cloverleaf knot (leave a longer central loop to tie a dou-
ble coin knot together with adjoining outer loop), and lastly the central clover-
leaf knot (with the knot preceding it put upon its third outer loop). Use this same
method to tie the third knot unit on the right.
4.Tie each cord end into a cloverleaf knot, then the central round brocade knot.
5.Tie the left (right) cord end, together with the lengthened outer loops in knot
units two and three, to tie a double coin knot followed by a cloverleaf knot (place
the former upon the latter’s central outer loop). Finally, unite both cord ends to
tie the central cloverleaf knot and complete the fourth unit in the bottom part.

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