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Constellation Knot with Overlapped Outer Loops
The constellation knot with overlapped outer loops shares the same knotting
technique as that with compound outer loops except that the knotting sequence of
certain ear loops is changed. 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. Make ear loop 3 and wrap around 1. Step 3. Make ear
loop 2, wrap around 1 and pull through 3. Step 4. Make ear loop 4 and wrap around
1, 2 and 3. Step 5. Make ear loop 5 and wrap around 1, 2, 3 and 4. Step 6. Make ear
loop 6, pull through 1 and wrap around 2, 3, 4, 5 and 1. Step 7. Make ear loop 7, pull
through 2, wrap around 3, 4, 5 and 6, pull through 1 and wrap around 2. Step 8.Make
ear loop 9, pull through 4, wrap around 5, 6 and 7, pull through 1, 2 and 3 and wrap
around 4. Step 9. Make ear loop 8, pull through 3, wrap around 4, 5, 6 and 7, pull
through 9, 1 and 2 and wrap around 3. Step 10. Make ear loop 10, pull through 5,
wrap around 6, 7, 8 and 9, pull through 1, 2, 3 and 4 and wrap around 5.

HINT
See page 69.

1

1

2

3
2

1
4 9
6
5
2

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

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

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