Tips and Tutorials
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Easy necklace with no findings! Snake knot and button knot
Using crimping pliers for fold-over cord ends
Chinese knotting tips and cord lengths needed for necklaces
Kumihimo basic spiral braid
Finishing braid ends
Kumihimo - tip for never losing your place when you get distracted.
Kumihimo basic flat braid
Double Coin knot or Josephine knot
Using the double coin knot as a bail
Adjustable sliding knot for necklace tutorial
Chinese Button Knot - this pretty round knot looks like a little bead all by itself.
Chinese Button Knots - Tips for getting a strand of knots close enough together.
Chinese knotting - tip for evenly spacing your knots.
Chinese Snake Knot - use as a bail, an embellishemnt or an entire necklace!
Making a twisted satin cord necklace
For loads of wonderful information, easy-to-follow instructions, diagrams for dozens of knots and lots of projects, try Suzen Millodot's book: Chinese Knots for Beaded Jewellery
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