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  2. Chinese knotting - Wikipedia

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    Chinese knots come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They are made from a single cord and are often double-layered and symmetrical in all directions. [3] [4] [5] Satin cording is the most widely used material, especially when the knotting is done for clothing and jewellery; however, cotton, parachute cord, and other materials are frequently used as well.

  3. Friendship knot - Wikipedia

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    This is one of the eleven basic knots of traditional Chinese knotting, [1] a craft which began in the Tang and Song dynasty (960–1279 AD) in China. The Chinese and Japanese names for this knot are based on the shape of the ideogram for the number ten, which is in the shape of a cross that appears on one face (and a square on the other face). [2]

  4. Chinese button knot - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese button knot is essentially a knife lanyard knot where the lanyard loop is shortened to a minimum, i.e. tightened to the knot itself. There emerges therefore only two lines next to each other from the knot: the beginning and the end. The knot has traditionally been used as a button on clothes in Asia, thus the name.

  5. Frog (fastening) - Wikipedia

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    The frog is the end-product of thousands years of traditional Chinese knotting craft, which is itself rooted in the Lào zi culture. [3] [11] As a form of fastener, the frog first appeared on traditional Chinese clothing, [1] [12] and can be traced back to the Song dynasty when fabric was braided into braid buckles to create the loop and the button knot.

  6. Korean knots - Wikipedia

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    Dalki knot - this knot resembles a strawberry. Dorae knot - the most basic form of knot, [2] it is used to connect knots and to fix or finish a knot. Guidorae knot - there are many different names that describe this type of knot, but is normally called the Guidorae. This knot tends not to be fixed. [clarification needed]

  7. Chinese folk art - Wikipedia

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    Chinese knotting (中國結) is a decorative handicraft art that began as a form of Chinese folk art in the Tang and Song dynasty [1] (AD 960–1279) in China. It was later popularized in the Ming. The art is also referred to as Chinese traditional decorative knots. [2] One of the more traditional art forms, it creates decorative knot patterns.

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  9. Button knot - Wikipedia

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    A button knot is a knot that forms a bulge of thread. Button knots are essentially stopper knots , but may be esthetically pleasing enough to be used as a button on clothes. The single-strand button is a third type of knob knot , in which the working end leaves the knot at the neck, parallel with the standing part, so that the two parts, or ...