Chinese Knot Tying Tutorial-Make Red Traditional Decorative Flower Knot for Hanging

Traditional Chinese knots are unique culture for china. It symbolizes auspiciousness. So people are accustomed to hang Chinese decorative knot at home. So in this article, I will give you a decorative knot tying guide, it is a very simple Chinese flower knot, everyone can take a try.

Materials on decorative knot tying guide

2mm red nylon thread
Purple rondelle lampwork bead
Yellow Column Lampwork Beads 
12mm white pearl bead
Needle
Red sewing thread cord
Lighter
 

Chinese knot tying tutorial

Step1: Make basic Chinese flower knot

1st, cut down a 96cm red nylon thread, divide it into twelve 8cm-long parts, pin the thread on a flat with 5 ball headpins. Bring the bottom right corner loop over the adjacent loop anticlockwise and fix with a ball headpin, with this method, bring every loop over the next loop in order, at last thread the below two threads to the right adjacent loop;
 

2nd, take away all ball headpins, tighten the five loops, repeat 1st again, adjust every loop, now you will get the below basic Chinese flower knot;

Step2: Finish decorative knot tying guide

Stitch a 12mm white pearl bead to the center of Chinese flower knot, tie an overhand knot with below two threads, thread a purple rondelle lampwork bead to both threads, then tie an overhand knot again, add one yellow column lampwork bead to each thread, tie a knot, cut down extra threads and fix them by lighter.
 

The final look of red flower traditional Chinese knots:

Well, I have finished this Chinese knot tying tutorial. Maybe you think it is difficult to tie Chinese flower knot at first sight, how about now? This decorative knot tying guide is so easy, for more traditional chinese knots instructions, just stay tuned on Pandahall Learning Center!