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good Luck Knot many variations of the knot, of which only one is
The Good Luck Knot is believed to bring just what shown here. The basis of the Good Luck Knot is
its name implies – good luck. You can see images of the use of a series of loops wrapped over each other
the knot carved on a statue of the Asian Goddess of by crowning, which allows the centre to be tightly
Mercy, Kuan Yin, which was created between AD gathered. Some people put a bead or precious stone
557 and 588, and later found in a cave in northwest into the centre to enhance it. Try adding beads
China. Kuan Yin is sometimes depicted as having before you make the knot and then manoeuvre
a thousand arms, each of which has an eye in the each bead to the centre of a loop as you make the
palm, allowing her to help as many people as individual Crowns. Try this lovely knot as a brooch
possible and to seek out the suffering. or as a necklace centrepiece and remember to
Making the knot is easier than it looks – it even remind yourself of the origins of the knot when
lends itself to being made in the hand. There are you do.
4 Bend the loop at the

bottom up over the
remaining loop…

1 Lay out three loops

below the doubled
cords, seen here as
the upper pair.

2 take the top pair

and bend it down
over the left
loop…

5 – then tuck the final

loop over the previous
loop and then under the
pair of cords.

3 the loop at the bottom. 6 Pull tighter and then turn the knot over, ready
– then take the left loop
and bend it to the right
over the pair of cords and
for the final step.