Because the craft suffers from the innate limitation of shapes that can be knotted together, it has been unable to develop as has, for example, sculpture or drawing. Thus the art has stayed confined to a few specified designs or techniques, with few innovations.
由於受到結形的基本限制，中國結藝無法發展出像雕刻、繪畫等藝術那樣自由、多元的形式，因而這項傳統技藝便一直在幾何對稱圖形、或藻井紋飾的技法上打轉，鮮少突破。