Here you have a small cluster of four French knots, all fairly equal in size and consistent in shape. When thereвЂ™s only an inch or so of thread remaining on the front, you can let go of it and continue to pull it through to finish the stitch. Hold onto that thread with your thumb or a spare finger until thereвЂ™s only a little bit of thread remaining above the fabric. The arrow in the photo above points to the space left between the beginning of the stitch and the end.ДЄs you pull your needle and thread through the wraps and through the fabric to the back, pull slowly and keep the working thread (indicated by the arrow above) under tension. Instead, take the needle into the fabric just next to the original hole, leaving a small space of fabric between. Do not enter in the same hole as the working thread! With the wraps on the needle, bring the tip of the needle down to the fabric, right next to where your working thread first emerged. That being said, thereвЂ™s nothing wrong with adjusting the number of wraps if you want to.Д«e warned, though, that knots made with more than three wraps are more likely to go amuck during the making and to come loose or be disarranged up after the embroidery is finished. I prefer to change my thread weight when I want a smaller knot or larger knot because I find that I get consistently good results with French knots with two wraps. If you wrap the thread once, youвЂ™ll end up with a smaller knot, and if you wrap it three times, youвЂ™ll end up with a larger knot. Many stitchers will change the weight of their knots by changing the number of wraps on the needle. Then bring your needle up behind your working thread and wrap the thread around the needle twice, as shown in the photo above. IвЂ™m using a milliner needle rather than a regular embroidery needle, and IвЂ™ll explain why down below.Д«ring your working thread to the front of the fabric. My thread is cotton a broder #25, but any thread will do. In the following tutorial, IвЂ™m working on linen fabric stretched taut in an embroidery hoop. To help you avoid some of these common problems with French knots, letвЂ™s work our way together through making a French knot and then IвЂ™ll share my five tips. The knots end up lopsided, irregular in shape or size, or sitting up loosely on the fabric.The working thread gets a knot in it, before it finishes its journey through the stitch.The knot pulls through to the back of the fabric.So much can go amiss in the process of making that one tiny stitch! Common problems with French knotsД¬ommon problems that you might encounter with French knots include the following: And as isolated stitches, they make perfect little accents.Д«ut the French knot can be difficult to conquer.

Scattered loosely, they add an airy lightness to embroidery. Clustered together, French knots create a dense, textured filling. The French knot is a lovely and versatile little stitch. YouвЂ™ll find yourself a happy knot-maker in no time! If you have trouble with French knots, try these five tips for foolproof French knots. Some people love вЂ™em, and some people hate вЂ™em. Oh, those naughty knots! The French knot is one of those hand embroidery stitches that is either your best friend or your worst enemy.

French knot embroidery