I’ve used drawings of knots (celtic interlace) for a couple of projects here. I just found this great site for making three-dimensional decorative knots!
It’s called “Chinese Knotting” and has detailed instructions for lots of different decorative knots.
Wouldn’t this knot be beautifully stitched onto a garment or used instead of buttons?
Or what about using this one to decorate a wall-hanging… or another guestbook :-)
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2 opinions for cool how-to site
One button done! Inspiration!
Jan 13, 2008 at 2:07 pm
[…] ‘cool how to site’ […]
creative ways to make your own buttons
Jan 15, 2008 at 12:58 pm
[…] DH took a look at what she had done and suggested making a Chinese button knot to close the jacket, instead of a big, chunky button. By the way, he also found another good […]
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