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Type 4 Compound Constellation Knot
This compound knot is made by taking an ear loop that wraps every second loop to
wrap one more loop in front to produce a knot with five outer loops.

TYING INSTRUCTIONS
1. Tie the knot following the step-by-step illustration guide below.
2. Use the formula application on page 80 to tie a compound constellation knot with
“n” number of outer loops.

HINT
See page 73.

1

1

2

2

Step 1. 1
Step 2. 2 + 1 4

1

3

2

Step 3. 3 + 1 + 2 + 1
Step 4. 4 – 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2

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