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How to Make the French Knot
French knots are the bane of any stitcher. Many will completely
avoid any pattern that calls for them while others will just
suffer through them, never being satisfied with the results.
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heard is to use a beading needle. Since it is so much smaller,
the knot wont be pulled through the fabric. I still recommend
using two threads and wrapping it twice around the needle
though.
Another alternative is to use a colonial knot instead. This knot
is easier to do, and creates a similar result.
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front of the fabric. Put the thread over the needle, from
front to back. Note: Hold the thread in your non-needle hand
between thumb and index finger. Push the thread to form the
loop. Pull the thread under the needle, then up and over the
tip of the needle. This is critical to the colonial knot. Note
that this will create a figure 8. From this point, the colonial
knot is exactly like the French knot. Insert needle tip going
over one thread to the upper right (to NE). Pull the working
thread very firmly so the knot slides down the needle shaft and
rests on the fabric. The coils must be tight. Pull the working
thread to the left of the knot. This is critical to success. Put
your non-needle thumbnail smack on the knot, thus holding the
knot and the working thread against the fabric. Keeping
tension on the working thread and your thumb on the knot/fabric,
send the needle to the back, letting off tension just as the eye
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is still lying to the left so it will come to rest properly.
Tighten. Keep thread tension to next stitch firm so the knot
stands up.
A great diagram of the stitch can be found at
http://www.marthabeth.com/colonial.gif.
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larger eye can disrupt the coils as it goes through.
About the author:
Katrina Renouf is the founder and owner of the cross stitch
website www.matkailuxstitch.com.
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