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Dragonfly Knot |
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Supplies 5” x 7” Bent Acrylic Frame #7745 8828 Red Mulberry Paper #7769 8266 Heidi Grace “Elements” Character Cardstock #3002 8136 5” x 7” Red Cardstock 6.5” x 4.5” Black Cardstock Double stick tape #3001 3283 Photo (4” x 4” or smaller) |
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| 1. Take the A end of the cording and make a loop at the center point and hold in place with your hand. |
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| 2. Take A and make a second loop slightly overlapping the first loop. There should be 3 spaces within the loops. |
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| 3. Take A and thread down through the far right space, come up through the center then down through the left space. Do not tighten cording yet. There should be 3 loops. |
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| 4. Take A down through the space in the loop 3 and back up through the center of loop 2. This completes the knotting for the ball. |
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| 5. To close the knot and create the ball, pull both A & B evenly. You will need to work the cording as each loop is pulled close. When all the cords are tight, the ball will form. |
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| 6. Next, we create the wings using a variation of the Virtue knot. Place the ball knot at the center and separate A & B. Take A and make an overhand knot below the ball with the loop facing the left. Do not tighten the knot. |
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| 7. Next take B and slip through loop 1 and tie an overhand knot to form loop 2. |
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| 8. At the same time, pull the 2 loops through the overhand knots. |
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| 9. Continue pulling the loops to tighten the knot. Loosen and tighten to adjust the size of the loops. Make the wings about an inch long on either side. |
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| 10. Repeat steps 6 - 9 to form the second set of wings directly below the first pair. |
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| 11. To form the body of the dragonfly, you will tie a series of square knots. Separate A & B. Take A and tie an overhand knot over B. Tighten knot. |
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| 12. Take B and tie an overhand knot over A. Tighten knot. Continue until your Dragonfly's body is about an inch long. |
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| 13. Finishing - Snip off excess cording and dab a little glue to the ends to prevent fraying. Glue the pinback to the body by the wings. |
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