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Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

Pomegranate hanging ornaments: The brightly colored fiery red pomegranate always gives people the power of life. People use pomegranates to bear fruit to wish their children and grandchildren to prosper and their families to prosper. Pomegranate is a symbol of wealth, luck and prosperity.

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

How to make

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

1. Take a 4.5m long red wire and fold it in half, make a double connection, and then tie the 8 yellow wires together.

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

2. As shown in the picture, cross the red line and sandwich the yellow line in the middle to form a circle.

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

3. The red line should be as close to the root as possible, and then do the second circle, and in this way push it outward to expand.

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

4. From the 5th to the 11th circle, the tightness is basically the same. These lines are the middle position of the pomegranate.

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

5. Start tightening from the 12th lap.

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

6. Starting from the 16th round, use 2 yellow threads as the axis each time, and wrap it around 3 times to start closing. The whole pomegranate has 18 turns in total. Then tie the yellow thread into a diagonal knot in twos, and stuff the remaining thread into the pomegranate. Make filling inside. When finished, do another one using the same method.

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

7. Use green lines to make leaves, take 1 green line and fold it in half.

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

8. Take the 2 folded lines as the axis, and put 3 lines underneath for winding.

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

9. After knitting 3 oblique curly knots, pull down the uppermost winding thread on the right to make a shaft, and use the lower three threads to make oblique curly knots.

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

10. Complete the editing as shown.

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

11. In the same way, add 3 more layers, for a total of 5 layers.

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

12. Use the same method to braid 4 more layers on the left side, just one leaf.

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

Knit a total of 2 pieces into a "well" shape as shown in the picture, using the thread on the white bead needle as the axis, and the thread below is used to wrap the thread and knit the oblique knot.

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

16. The state after involution.

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

17. Thread the pomegranate and leaves together.

Illustration of making Chinese knot with pomegranate ornaments

18. Take a prepared long knot and tassels and tie them on, and the work is completed.