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The core of macrame is the square knot. The square macrame
knot is like the practical square
knot (also the reef knot or the hercules knot) except
that in macrame it is usually tied over carrier cords.
Chen 1: Flat Knot (平結, simplified: 平结) [píng jié]
Ruri-Ishikawa:
Caterpillar Knot (むかで結び) [mukade musubi]
hemp twine macrame: Flat Knot (평매듭) [pyeong maedeup]
Ashley: ???
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平結 píng jié
むかで結び http://www.geocities.jp/ishi_ruri/kaisetu2.htm
평매듭 pyeongmaedeub
매듭기법 mae-deup-kki-beop
http://forwardknot.com/knots.php
http://www.elainecraft.com/instructions/instruc.sq.html
http://www.free-macrame-patterns.com/learn-macrame.html
http://www.zhongguojie.org/knots/pingjie/ (basic + links)
http://www.zhongguojie.org/topic-pingjie.html (gallery)
http://www.zhongguojie.org/knots/pingjiebianfatujie/ (basic + spiral)
http://macrame.co.kr/
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setup step:
You will need one cord to either side of your carrier cord(s) (++)
step 1:
Tie a simple knot with the left cord over the carriers
and the right cord under the carriers (++)
Cross the left cord (LHS) over the
carriers (++)
Cross the right cord (RHS) under the
carriers (++)
Pull the RHS through the LHS loop (back
to front) and tighten (++)
step 2:
Tie a simple knot with the left cord under the carriers
and the right cord over the carriers, completing the
square (++)
Cross the left cord (LHS) under the
carriers (++)
Cross the right cord (RHS) under the LHS
and over the carriers (++)
Pull the RHS through the LHS loop (front
to back) and tighten.
Finished Flat Knot:
tighten and adjust, you are finished one flat knot. Repeat for a
Portuguese sinnet or solomon bar (++)
CLW
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