Chinese button knot
Chinese button knot is essentially a diamond knot where the lanyard loop is shortened to a minimum, ie. tightened to the knot itself. There emerges therefore only two lines from the knot: the beginning and the end.
Chinese button knot has been used as a button on clothes.
The diamond knot is usually tied with a carrick bend as a first step. This results then in a knife lanyard knot which can be used as a button hole, as well as a button. There is however a tying method that does not require a carrick bend as a first step, and does not produce a lanyard loop that needs to be reduced when used as a button. This method provides just the button, a spherical basket weave knot, in the style of turk's head knot or diamond knot.
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Chinese button knot 1- Under hand slip knot, with slip end exiting downwards.
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Chinese button knot 2- Slip end over the knot, under and up throught the slip loop, resulting in two interlocking slip knots in radial symetry, with ends exiting upwards. Notice the thin red lines indicating the next move.
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Chinese button knot 3- Ends down the opposite triangular holes at center, while swirling slightly around each other resulting in a four petaled flower with double stem, to be tightened to a spherical button.
- - Under hand slip knot, with slip-end exiting downwards.
- - Slip-end over the knot, under and up throught the slip loop, resulting in two interlocking slip knots in radial symetry, with ends exiting upwards.
- - Ends down the opposite triangular holes at center, while swirling slightly around each other resulting in a four petaled flower with double stem, to be tightened to a spherical button.