french knots

claire422001 · Post by **claire422001** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:33 pm

french knots

Corey.G · Post by **Corey.G** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:44 pm

Re: french knots

caitief · Post by **caitief** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:12 pm

Re: french knots

Reta · Post by **Reta** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:13 pm

Re: french knots

pattiebelle · Post by **pattiebelle** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:29 pm

i think you need both hands, alot of tension on the fabric, and fingernails... i don't have fingernails and my hands don't work the way they used to, so i use beads, or skip the effect and decide the picture looks just fine without them.

claire422001 · Post by **claire422001** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:56 pm

thanks everyone i think ill stock up on the beads

willow · Post by **willow** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:46 pm

Use a sharp needle

stitchingmae · Post by **stitchingmae** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:11 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9qPPXcj ... re=related" target="_blank
this one helped me.

wendywombat · Post by **wendywombat** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:47 am

That link is good

I just kept practising. Suddenly it all fell into place.

The tension is all important.

Beads are good though!!!

megan_bright · Post by **megan_bright** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:00 pm

It took me soooo long to get them to work right, and they still cause me trouble more often than not. Maybe I'll look into beads as well lol

coffee_freak · Post by **coffee_freak** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:05 pm

exactly what other's have said..both hands..good tension and fingernails lol..those video tutorials are great..and lots of practice! good luck

carolanne · Post by **carolanne** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:58 pm

I seldom have fingernails but tension really helps and I think I do an extra wrap. I have pretty good luck.

Carole · Post by **Carole** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:15 pm

I've been struggling with French knots for ages but I think I've finally got the hang of them thanks to this video from WOCX

http://youtu.be/SofI20Adt3c

SusanF · Post by **SusanF** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:29 pm

I sometimes use the easier Colonial Knot instead.

BizzieLizzie · Post by **BizzieLizzie** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 2:03 pm

Once the thread is looped around the needle, make sure you hold the thread taut around the needle. I found when doing French knots that if I didn't hold the thread taut it just all came undone. Good luck!