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Posted: **Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:33 pm**

french knots

Posted: **Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:44 pm**

Re: french knots

Posted: **Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:12 pm**

Re: french knots

Posted: **Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:13 pm**

Re: french knots

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:56 pm**

thanks everyone i think ill stock up on the beads

Posted: **Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:46 pm**

Use a sharp needle

Posted: **Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:11 am**

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

Posted: **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!!!

Posted: **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

Posted: **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

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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

Posted: **Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:29 pm**

I sometimes use the easier Colonial Knot instead.

Posted: **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!