#colonial knot

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Here’s the final product of the Harry Styles butterfly project I’ve been working on! I wanted to show the back because I had to learn how to attach a finished piece to a hoop for display. Usually I either embroidery on something like a pillowcase, or frame scrap fabric. What I ended up doing was cutting the stabilizer I used almost down to the stitches, then cutting the fabric so there was about a centimeter around the edges before using scrapbooking glue dots to attach it to the hoop around the inside, since I don’t have any fabri-tac. Cant wait to give it to Maria! the lettering is stem stitch underneath 3 ply satin stitch, and I’ve named all the other stitches in the butterfly in the wip updates for this. 

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This can be used as an alternative to french knots (hurray!)

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Knots! Part 1

Splitting today’s stitches into two posts cause there’s a ten image per post limit and I’m doing 5! 5 different knots for this wedge of the sampler.

First up is the colonial knot. A lot of people find it easier than the French knot and the end results look really similar. Because we want our knots to be nice and puffy I’m working with all six strands of this pink floss.

To start the knot bring your needle up from the back and make a backward c with the thread then tuck the tip of the needle into the top of the c.

Next bring the thread over the top of the needle and around under so it makes a figure 8.

Pull the knot tight but not so tight you can’t pull the needle through and bring the needle down next to where you came up. Keep tension on the knot as you pull the thread through.

Next is the French knot. Bring your needle up and wrap the tail around it twice.

Pull tight and keep tension on it as you bring the needle back down next to where you came up and pull the thread through.

You can see here that the end results are not very different from one another, so you have my permission to use whichever is easier for you regardless of what a pattern calls for.

Next is the bullion knot which is kind of a hard stitch, so don’t feel bad if you don’t get it right away. It takes practice and I still struggle with it a bit. It makes a long line of a knot.

Start by making a straight stitch but don’t pull it through.

Poke the needle back up through the same hole you came up through the first time but don’t bring it all the way through. Then wrap the tail of your loop from the straight stitch. Wrap it enough times to make the length of your stitch. Wrap them tight but not so tight you can’t get your needle through.

Pinch the wraps with your off hand to hold the loops tight and pull the needle the rest of the way through.

Pull until the body of the knot lays flat against your fabric then bring the needle back down through the same spot you went down the first time to finish the knot.

And that’s our first three. Stay tune for part two where we do two more knot.

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So I totally forgot to post updates on this one.. The first pic is what I got done on the plane, the second is what I did yesterday, and the third is what I did today. So far it’s been stem stitch for all the outlines shown in the second pic, colonial knots for all the spots, and long and short stitch for the shading/filling. I can’t decide what to use for the extra large spots, though because I doubt I get make a knot that big. 

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Yet another one of a set of pillowcases, but this one is for my mother for Christmas. I found the pattern on tumblr months ago and saved the picture, but I forgot to write down the url of whoever made it originally, so if it’s yours please tell me! This was a great excuse for me to practice knots and leaves and work on making my flowers circular. The flowers extend all the way around the hem and I’m still working on the other one. I used a whipped back stitch for the stem, fishbone stitch for the leaves, colonial knots for the center of the flowers, and detached chain stitch for the petals. 

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Colonial Knot Stitch by mooshiestitch Via Flickr: More photos on: mooshiestitch.blogspot.com/2016/04/colonial-knot-phlox-fl...