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This bouquet of chrysanthemums is also tied with jute cords.The size of the flowers and leaves should
16 be varied to make the bouquet look as realistic as possible. Use finer cords to tie the dragonfly so that
it also looks in proportion to the bouquet.

TYING INSTRUCTIONS
1. For each flower, tie a good luck knot with compound outer loops, with the small outer loops placed inside
the bigger ones to produce a double petal effect. Hide both cord ends inside the knot body, break up the cords
to form the centers of the flower.Vary the number of ear loops in every wrap in order to change the size of the
central hole.
2. Make the leaves from pan chang knots.
3. See the instructions on page 70, Chinese Knotting: Creative Designs That Are Easy and Fun!, for the knotting
of the dragonfly.

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