Chinese button knot method that does not require a carrick bend as a first step, and does not produce a lanyard loop that needs to be reduced when used as a button. This method provides just the button, a spherical basket weave knot, in the style of Turk's head knot or diamond knot. Instructions for tying Chinese button knot in single configuration using this method as illustrated in the adjacent image, with four steps in tying it; thin red lines showing the move(s) to get to the next step: Chinese button knot Chinese button knot is essentially a diamond knot where the lanyard
Stopper knot or passing back through a hole, block, or belay/rappel device. It then functions like a leash handle. Knots commonly used for this purpose are: The Chinese button knot and the Celtic button knot are decorative stopper knots. When a stopper knot is tied outside another knot and around the standing part it can also be called a backup knot. Tying the end around the standing part helps prevent the knot from unraveling by not allowing the end to slide back into the knot: a kind of insurance against failure of the knot. Examples of this usage are often seen in