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round Brocade Knot
The ring is a symbol of eternity in cultures
worldwide, while the Chinese believe that the round
parts of the knot bring completeness. This pattern is
found on brocade designs that date to the Tang and
Song dynasties. This knot is also made by inserting
a series of loops through preceding loops or sets
of loops, depending on how many loops the outer
part will have. The centre of the knot is raised and
round and the loops to the perimeter may be varied,
9 Again, do as we did for stage 7, under 2, over may be overlapped, compound, or compound and
using this pull-and-wrap technique. The outer loops

1, under 3, over 1, under 1 to exit. the knot is
overlapped. Here is a simple round brocade knot.
now ready to be faired.

1 start with a figure-eight

loop…

10 now pull out the two ends of each bight, 2 – then form
an underhand
leaving the bight to enclose the other cords
clockwise loop
that pass through it for each bight. Here we
have seven loops out of the knot and one and pass the end
of the cord under
pair of strands. Keep tightening and fairing the crossing of
the knot, adjusting the size of the loops as the figure eight.
needed.
Here we see the essential structure of the Pan
Chang Knot, showing the structure of the face and
reverse as over-under weaving with one cord.
3 now wrap down

over to the right,
ready for the next
loop. the second
loop is again under-
hand clockwise and
the end is passed up
to the right, passing
this time through
the first loop of the
figure eight.