French knots

Denisewhittaker · Post by **Denisewhittaker** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:29 am

Hiya everyone!

I have great trouble doing French knots!! Is there an easy way? Or is it just me? I have a few projects that require them and a can't for the life of me do them - its frustrating!!!

Thanks xx

Mrs Milkybar Kid · Post by **Mrs Milkybar Kid** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:07 am

There are lots of threads on the forum about french knots - but one of the things that helped me is to make sure you have tight tension on fabric and thread (ideally in a hoop/frame as you need two free hands) and also watching a video, such as this one by Mary Corbett made everything click into place!

BizzieLizzie · Post by **BizzieLizzie** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:23 pm

Make sure you hold the thread taut after you've wound it around the needle. Took me ages for that particular penny to drop, but once it did I never had a problem with French knots again.

becky41030 · Post by **becky41030** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:02 pm

I was going to ask the same question today. And the Mary Corbet site is new to me, so many thanks!

Denisewhittaker · Post by **Denisewhittaker** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:00 pm

Thanks ladies!!

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