Reunion Knot

From one A4 sheet to your paper cut

Fold, cut & unfold

Both halves of this finished design match. Use one center fold for the printable version, then open it for delicate finishing.

Start with a complete, uncut sheet. Each picture shows the paper before that step; red dashes mark only the next cuts. Keep the surrounding paper until the outside-cutting step.

1. Start with a full A4 sheet

Take one blank A4 sheet (210 x 297 mm), preferably thin colored paper. Print PDF page 1 separately at 100% and check its 50 mm line. Center the pattern on your blank sheet; do not cut off the surrounding paper yet.

2. Fold and transfer half

Align the top hanger and lower tassel on one vertical fold. Trace the right half of the diamond knot, including each white diamond opening. Follow the printed red bands; the drawn crossings must stay connected.

3. Cut the inside first

Cut the small diamond openings before the larger gaps and tassel opening, keeping the surrounding sheet. An adult starts closed holes on a mat. Finish each straight side at its corner and do not extend a cut across a red band.

4. Cut the outside contour

Cut the outside diamond, hanger and tassel last. Stop and turn at each sharp corner while keeping the band width unchanged. Unfold with the knot supported flat; check that the crossed bands and tassel remain joined.

5. Unfold and refine

Open the folded paper slowly. Matching openings now appear on both sides. Lay it flat and trim only attached scraps or uneven edges. Preserve all interlaced ribbon strips and their crossings. A finished opening does not need to be cut again.

Use thin paper: two layers should remain easy to control.

PDF page 1 is the clean full-size pattern; pages 2–3 show this complete sequence. A4 is the default; the Letter download uses a Letter sheet. Try a scrap first to check fragile bridges.