Chinese crown (double coin) knot
How the Chinese crown (double coin) knot is tied, what it is for, and how much cord it uses.
- Family
- decorative
- Difficulty
- advanced
- CordsWorking strands the knot is tied with, fillers included
- 2
- Cord per finished cm (x)Cm of cord a working strand uses for each cm of finished knotting when the knot is repeated in a column (filler strands use about 1x). Used by the cord length calculator; empty when the knot is not repeated.
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- Height per knot (cord diameters)Finished height one knot adds to a column, in cord diameters (a square knot in 4 mm cord is about 1 cm tall). Empty when the knot is not repeated.
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- Used for
- A flat ornamental knot for the centre of a hanger or a necklace; two interlocking loops.
- How it is tied
- Two cords laid side by side are woven into two overlapping loops in a set over-under order, then dressed by working the slack through evenly. Similar to the Josephine knot but tied with two cords running the same way.
- Related knots
- Josephine knot
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