Perfect Cross Stitch French Knot Stitch Tips.
Perfect cross stitch French knot stitch tips
The function of the French knot is to make the very flat cross stitch work more three-dimensional and to express the special position of certain patterns.
1. How many laps can a French knot make?
The encyclopedia of embroidery in English states that only one or two circles can be spared. Too many loops will directly destroy the surface appearance of the knot. The French knot is formed by the intersection of two parts to form a spherical shape. The part that is on the needle and the part where the thread is passed through by the needle is formed. Half of the knot structure (the half that goes over the needle), and the other half (that is, the half that goes into the thread to form and can't be thickened by wrapping more circles), is not perfect.
2. How can I make a bigger knot?
To make a larger and taller French knot, either increase the number of strands or the weight of the thread (that is, use thicker thread). The French knot cannot be made larger by increasing the number of laps.
3. Do you need an embroidery frame or an embroidery circle for the perfect knot?
To tie a French knot, use two hands. So use an embroidery frame or an embroidery loop to hold the embroidered fabric tightly, so that you can free your hands to tie a perfect knot. Otherwise, the knot may not be formed at one time.
4. Where does the French knot go offline?
The French knot is a circular structure, depending on where to go offline, there are two constraints:
a. The French knot cannot be pulled off with little force.
b. The French knot cannot be deformed.
Therefore, based on these two points, many tutorials recommend that the French knot must be combined with the warp and weft of the embroidered cloth. That is, move the position of a linen thread (or a small number of squares) from the position of the upper line.
So the French knot off-line position should choose this position:
a. On-line and off-line places should be as close as possible.
b. It should be combined with the embroidery fiber to avoid the knot being pulled down.
The function of the French knot is to make the very flat cross stitch work more three-dimensional and to express the special position of certain patterns.
1. How many laps can a French knot make?
The encyclopedia of embroidery in English states that only one or two circles can be spared. Too many loops will directly destroy the surface appearance of the knot. The French knot is formed by the intersection of two parts to form a spherical shape. The part that is on the needle and the part where the thread is passed through by the needle is formed. Half of the knot structure (the half that goes over the needle), and the other half (that is, the half that goes into the thread to form and can't be thickened by wrapping more circles), is not perfect.
2. How can I make a bigger knot?
To make a larger and taller French knot, either increase the number of strands or the weight of the thread (that is, use thicker thread). The French knot cannot be made larger by increasing the number of laps.
3. Do you need an embroidery frame or an embroidery circle for the perfect knot?
To tie a French knot, use two hands. So use an embroidery frame or an embroidery loop to hold the embroidered fabric tightly, so that you can free your hands to tie a perfect knot. Otherwise, the knot may not be formed at one time.
4. Where does the French knot go offline?
The French knot is a circular structure, depending on where to go offline, there are two constraints:
a. The French knot cannot be pulled off with little force.
b. The French knot cannot be deformed.
Therefore, based on these two points, many tutorials recommend that the French knot must be combined with the warp and weft of the embroidered cloth. That is, move the position of a linen thread (or a small number of squares) from the position of the upper line.
So the French knot off-line position should choose this position:
a. On-line and off-line places should be as close as possible.
b. It should be combined with the embroidery fiber to avoid the knot being pulled down.