Is there some kind of trick to doing a French knot? When I follow the directions, it always ends up coming undone. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I come up through a hole, wrap the thread around the needle once or twice, and then go down slightly next to the hole, through the fabric. It never works. Is there something else I should be doing?
2006-07-04 13:25:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
I usually wrap it more like three or four times. If it still doesn't look right, I'll do it again, trying to use the same hole to come up through. Good luck!
2006-07-04 13:29:35 · answer #1 · answered by Cyndie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol... i went through the same dam thing....now what you do is...don't hold the needle and wrap it around the thread but hold the thread and wrap it around the needle
http://www.heritageshoppe.com/heritage/stitches/frenchknot.html
lets see...in my own words.
#1 bring needle through fabric
#2 with needle in right hand and thread in left, hold thread at the bottom and wrap it 3(or whatever u want)times around needle
#3 stick needle very close to hole where it came up from while pulling thread so that the wrap tightens up a bit around needle
#4 pull needle through fabric then wala! a french knot.
note: wrap thread around needle more than twice...it looks way better.
2006-07-04 20:31:03 · answer #2 · answered by **sweetbabe** 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you are doing everything right but do not put the needle through the side of the fabric put it in the middle just where you put it before good luck to u and God Bless You
2006-07-04 20:31:51 · answer #3 · answered by bay_robin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out the Leisure Arts website. It does take practice.
2006-07-04 20:29:20 · answer #4 · answered by badabing11220 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you amybe pulling to hard...try this website and see if it helps...http://www.embroiderersguild.com/stitch/stitches/french.html
2006-07-04 20:30:07 · answer #5 · answered by rita 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋