How to Tie a Figure Eight Knot- Decorative Knots for Bracelet Ending

Summary: Figure eight knots, a kind of Chinese traditional knotting patterns, often appear in friendship/ string/ hemp bracelets; so people apply them in bracelet ends decoration.

How to tie a figure eight knot?

Step1:Place right strand (working strand) under the left, forming a loop;

make a loop

Step2:Weave the working strand over and under loop edges;

 working strand over and under loop edges

Step3:Continue over and under shuffling between loop edges;

 continue the second steps of tying figure eight knot

Step4:Drag the strand from under the loop;

 drag the strand from under the loop

Step5:Tighten threads and adjust the knot shape.

 it is the figure eitht knots look like

Tada, the figure eight knots is done! Its appearance virtually resembles to Chinese figure eight.

The way of using the figure of eight knot as decorative knots at closure, click the coming inspiration project:

a bracelet ending with figure eight knots

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Comments (3)

Aug 18, 2014 at 05:09 AM mike meadors

NEATO, thank you

Dec 08, 2016 at 08:12 AM Karen Dockal

I looked everywhere on the 'net for this knot. I only stumbled on it by searching for Chinese bracelet images. Thanks so much for this resource. It appears to be the only one in all of netdom!