The Pan Chang Knot is a challenging but satisfying knot to tie. The document provides step-by-step instructions with diagrams to make tying the knot easier. It involves weaving the rope ends in and out of bights and loops along different paths before rotating the ropes to create an upper and lower woven section. Though complex looking, following the instructions carefully allows one to tie what is considered one of the eight Buddhist treasures.

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Pan Chang Knot
The Pan Chang Knot is a very satisfying knot to tie. Still
you don’t see many people tying it on account (at first
glance) it looks wicked difficult. I’m not going to lie to you,
the knot’s a challenge. But my hope is that the following
instructions will make it a whole lot easier to create.
1. Make a bight in the 2. Drop two opposing
middle of the rope. bights beside the middle
bight.
3. Hook the right running 4. …and over the vertical
end down, then left ropes. Then slither the
under, over, under,… running end back…
5. …and forth, following 6. …three times.
the same path as the
line above,…
Pan Chang Knot Instructions

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7. Now hook the left 8. …the vertical ropes.
running end down, then Hook the running end
right over all… back under…
9. …the vertical ropes, 10. …passing over and
then curve it around the under the vertical ropes
bight below… again.
11. Hook the running end up 12. Hook the running end
under, over-over-over, down under-under,
under, and over-over- over, under-under-
over the ropes above it. under, over, and under
the ropes below it.
Pan Chang Knot Instructions

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13. Curve the running end 14. Curve the running end
around the bight to the under the middle bight
right and repeat Step 11. and repeat Step 12.
15. Rotate all the vertical 16. Carefully adjust the
and horizontal ropes 90 knot, taking up slack in
degrees, creating an consideration of the fact
upper and lower lattice that the Pan Chang Knot
of woven ropes. has an upper and lower
section.
17. Congratulations! You’ve 18. Special Note: The Pan
just finished tying, what Chang Knot is effectively a
is believed to be, one of compressed cylinder and is
the eight Buddhist not meant to lay completely
Treasures. flat. Consider this fact
when adjusting it.
Pan Chang Knot Instructions