How to braid Tuanjin Knot. Illustration of the double-line braiding method of solid six-ear Tuanjin

The Tuanjin knot is one of the basic knots in Chinese knots. It has a perfect shape, many changes, and is similar to a flower shape. Although the knot is small, it is beautiful and not easy to loosen. It is often inlaid with beads and stones, and is very beautiful. The six-eared tuanjin knot has been bothering me for a long time. I searched a lot of double-line braiding methods for solid six-eared tuanjin knots on the Internet. After trying to braid the tuanjin knot many times, I finally found the simplest braiding method. I followed the production line. Let’s learn the double-thread braiding method of the solid six-ear tuanjin knot, a Chinese knot.

The solid six-eared group brocade knot enters the literal legend:

Literal illustration of a person with solid six-eared group and brocade knot:

Schematic diagram of the structure of the Chinese solid six-eared Tuanjin knot:

step 1: Use two-color wires (for example: royal blue wire and bright yellow wire) to make double connections, and fix the length of the hanging ears;

Step 2: Use the royal blue wire on the left side to pinch out the ear wing A1 at a position 3 times away from the double joint head and the ear wing with the thumb and index finger of the left hand. The A1 ear wing exit line is at the top;

Step 3: Use the ear wing A1 and the royal blue wire of the double connector to pinch out the ear wing A2 (the outgoing wire is at the top), and insert the ear wing A1;

Step 4: Use ear wing A2 and the royal blue wire of the double joint head to pinch out ear wing A3 (the outlet is at the top), insert ear wings A1 and A2, tighten ear wing A1 hard, and fix ear wings A2 and A3; < br />

Step 5: Use the bright yellow wire on the right side of the double joint head to pinch out the ear wings A4 (the wire comes out at the top), insert the ear wings A2 and A3, tighten the ear wings A2 forcefully, fix the ear wings A3 and A4, and use your left thumb and Pinch the ear flap A1 with your index finger to fix the other ear flaps;

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