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2 tuck the right leg behind

and then over the left leg
of your bight.

3 take the left leg up over two cords into the

upper bight, then down behind the bight and the
Here we see the front and back of the Cross
right leg.
Knot – simple and yet readily formed to create
a fascinating circle of tens.
4 take the right leg and the Double Cross Knot or tassel Knot

wrap it over the left leg,
passing up through the
left leg’s bight, to exit The knot takes the form of intertwined ‘S-shaped’
on the left. tighten and cords, in a doubled or layered manner. It appears,
fair the knot. at first sight, to be a Cloverleaf Knot; the difference
is that it is formed with the two ends of one cord
passed around the shape, rather than for each of
four or more loops to be formed and wrapped
over each other as in the Cloverleaf. The knot is
frequently found in the beak of a phoenix, a symbol
of good luck.