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Round Brocade Knot with Compound Outer Loops
The technique used for this modified knot is the same as for the basic round brocade
knot except that the knotting sequence of some of the ear loops is reversed, i.e. those
with bigger numbers have to be knotted first and those with smaller numbers last.
The same applies to the round brocade knot with overlapped outer loops described
on pages 61–2.
Before beginning the compound knot, it is necessary first of all to determine and
calculate the number of overlapped or repeated outer loops you want to include, as
well as the total number of ear loops involved. The butterfly knot with overlapped
outer loops shown here is done by wrapping the tenth and fourth ear loops.

TYING INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1. Make ear loop 1. Step 2. Pull ear loop 3 through 1. Step 3. Pull ear loop 4
through 1 and 3. Step 4. Turn back the cord end to make ear loop 2, pull through 1
and wrap around 3 and 4. Step 5. Make ear loop 5 and pull through 1, 2, 3 and 4. Step
6. Pull ear loop 6 through 2, 3, 4 and 5. Step 7. Make ear loop 9 and pull through 5
and 6 and wrap around 1, 2 and 3. Step 8. Make ear loop 7, pull through 3, 4, 5 and 6
and wrap around 9 and 1. Step 9. Pull ear loop 8 through 4, 5, 6 and 7 and wrap
around 9, 1 and 2. Step 10. Pull ear loop 10 through 6, 7, 8 and 9 and wrap around 1,
2, 3 and 4.

HINTS
• When making a round brocade knot with compound/overlapped outer loops,
remember that the knotting sequence of some of the ear loops must be reversed.
For example, when a front ear loop (i.e. one with a smaller number) meets a subse-
quent ear loop (i.e. one with a bigger number), it must always be wrapped around the
latter.
• Before tightening the knot, adjust the outer loops of the compound/overlapped
arrangements so that the left and right sides are identical for optimal aesthetic effect.
• During the final stage of knotting such a knot with x number of ear loops, the last
ear loop must not only loop the number of ear loops it is supposed to loop, but also
the first loop in the knotting process. For example, if you want to tie a knot that is
looped every fourth ear loop, during the final stage you must count backwards to tie
the fourth last ear loop, loop four ear loops with it, and then loop the first loop in the
entire knotting process. Subsequently, you must tie the third last ear loop, loop four
ear loops with it, then loop the second loop in the entire knotting process and so on.

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1
2 Step 1. 1
Step 2. 3 – 1
Step 3. 4 – 1 – 3
3 Step 4. 2 – 1 + 3 + 4
9
Step 5. 5 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4
Step 6. 6 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5
Step 7. 9 – 5 – 6 + 1 + 2 + 3
4 Step 8. 7 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 + 9 + 1

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