When I first started learning french knots, it was extremely hard for me. Each knot would look completely different and would mess up the whole work. But now, with a lot of practice, I can make pretty decent knots. This is just for those who find French knots difficult :)
Why is it so hard for me to do this. Am I the only one?? Edit: I wrote this comment few years back and reading it today makes me feel nostalgic. How I struggled to perfect this stitch for school purposes. Anyway, thank y'all so much for the likes😭
Nope, you're not the only one one!! I hear lots of people say they struggle with French knots, and I don't even know how to do them (hence why I'm watching this video), I think if we just keep practicing, we'll figure it out.
It's definitely one that takes practice. When you take the needle back down, make it just next to the original hole and not back down in the same one. Holding the thread with your non-dominant hand is very important. Hold it tight, but not too much. It will get easier!
Kathrine Turner this one is the challenging one for me right now, too. Understanding how to do it is easy, I guess it’s trying to get the hands to work together holding the thread taunt. A couple of my knots look wonky lol.
I may have shed a few tears of frustration last night when I was trying to do French knots for the first time. Thank you so much for this helpful video, this really helped me!!
You cannot understand how grateful i am for this video. I tried to do the French knot for hours last night and no matter how hard i tried and how many tutorials i watched i just couldn't do it until i found yours, just one watch and just like magic i succeeded. Truly thank you❤️
I've just started embroidery for the first time a week ago and I've been watching your videos to learn how to do different stitches that are needed and I really like the videos you do. I find them very easy to learn from. You do a great job on teaching. So far ive learned to do a back stitch, straight stitch, leaf and now a french knotThanks.
I tried multiple times and couldn't get it to work, correctly. It formed the knot, but when I put it through the same hole, it came all the way through. So, I think it needs to be next to that hole, not actually through it. This was my first project, so I wasn't too worried about getting it correct (especially as I altered it a lot already lol). I definitely got the technique down, so thanks!!
This is true, from what I have read you want it next to the original hole, not through it, even if "next" to it is only one fiber length. I can see the same hole working with thick floss, but not anything fine.
Now I figured why my french are horrible. Because i dont put it in the same hole... I just realised it after read your comment. Thank you a lot. Hahaha 😂)
@@khalishahahmad602 even if i put it in the same hole it still wont work the twisty thing that i did always gets undone....................................
Maybe a finer needle? I seem to recall that when I first did these (about 50 years ago!) I just pulled the knot through the hole, and, of course, it was because the hole was bigger than the knot because my needle was too thick.
I have tried for, honestly, years to do a french knot. I’ve created huge meter long pieces of cross stitch and still never been able to but I thought I’d give it one more go and after seeing your video I finally did!!! I screamed once it worked! Thank you so much for posting this, I feel like there’s no stopping my work now xx
Your videos are the first ones I go to, as I’m learning to embroider during the Corona pandemic. You make even the difficult stitches seem easy. Thank you so much for these tutorials.
Thank you! I had a guide in my cross stitch book with only one picture, but I really needed something visual to help me. Got it in the second try. Thank you so much!
Genuinely thank you so much for this video! I’m new to embroidery and after watching a different tutorial a few weeks ago and not grasping the technique, I’ve put off finishing my project for weeks! You video has made the technique super clear and I can successfully do the stitch! Thank you!! 🙂
I've never been able to do a French knot before (even after watching videos). Something about your video was perfect because I did it first try!! and now I've done quite a few, Thank you!! 😁👍
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, TAHNK YOU!!!!!!!! This is the first time I actually did a french knot. I have read how to do it and watched others show you how to do it, and I have had people try and show me. Never until this morning at work (graveyard shift benefits lol) was I successful. So THANK YOU very much for this video.
THANK YOU!! I had a tutuorial up for different stitches, but they didn't have a step by step explanation on it. Now I can make perfect french knots with no loose bits!
I never knew how to do one until this, but I apparently end all of my sititches in a similar way so it was easy to get a hang of. Thanks for the awesome tutorial!!
of course I'm learning stitches on an actual project and not on practice fabric!! But each of my french knots are looking a little better than the one before. Thank you for the tutorial :)
i mean this in the most melodramatic but somehow still truthful way possible, but this video saved my life. i finally finished three (3) cross stitch projects i’ve put off for years (one a full decade!!) because of french knots. 🙏 you are a blessing
THANK YOU FOR THIS!! Books did not describe it the same way and I couldn’t get one made. First time watching your tutorial and I nailed!! Off to find your channel and more tutorials now! ♥️
Thank you! With your instructions, I just made a successful french knot for the first time, and second time, and third time. :) So happy to have this skill finally! Thank you.
THANK YOU!! I have spent the last 6 hours watching countless tutorials and I was getting SO frustrated! The game changer was when you said to turn your work after you put the needle in!! Before that I was putting it straight in and the know was unraveling right on my needle. I could cry, I’m so happy 🤍
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I am way past 50 and I have been struggling and failing for all of my crafting life to make French Knots and I am now the very proud owner of 4 perfectly made French Knots. The pattern I have calls for 5 clumps of French Knots. Which will keep me very happy. Thank you 😻😻😻😻🎉🎉🎉
I have just recently gotten interested in embroidery and got a lovely kit from the dollar store to try it out. It's pretty decent, except the instructions for each stitch kinda suck, so I'm incredibly thankful that you made tutorial videos on them. Definitely makes my life a thousand times easier because I'm not trying to understand really crappy instructions. So far, I have learnt the stem stitch, the leaf stitch, and now the french knot all from your super simple yet informative videos. Thank you so much!!
Thank you I have been trying to get a hold of this. A few times I accidentally did it but could not replicate it again. Thanks to this I will have something to give to my loved one now.
I have done this and then by the next time have completely lost the method. I think - no I know - that I cannot follow diagrams and written instruction and so thank goodness for you tube and the person who kindly posted this demonstration . It becomes so much clearer when I can watch and listen. Forever grateful !
I have one arm and I have been getting into embroidery, doing a french knot was my big challenge but after watching this video. I finally got it!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
This video helped a ton, thank you! I've been trying to learn from a book and I wasn't doing these correctly but couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. I really appreciate the video!
Thank you so much I'm a textiles student and could never figure out how to do a French knot even when my teacher was showing me but now I can do it thanks to you!
I remember from childhood attempts at a stitch sampler that french knots were the very devil. I remember them knotting in the wrong place and hanging off my cloth. In retrospect, I think my mother didn't know how to do them either when she taught me, because this video made french knots clear and simple. They behaved themselves first try. Thank you
I am terrible at these, thanks for showing it. finding this tutorial is super timely! I need to do these as "flowers" on a tiny piece of felting I am working on.
Thank you for doing these videos. I just started embroidery and I'm watching all your videos to learn. Hopefully, I can knock out some of these tomorrow.
Thank you!! Just like everyone else I found this frustrating and couldn’t do it no matter what I tried. I really appreciate you being super descriptive! I started getting it after this video :)
i just started my embroidery journey and ive learned all knots and stitches from you! these videos are so easy to follow and my stitching looks SO SKILLED (even though im a beginner :P) thanks so much!!
French knots have been the bane of my existence, but the pattern I’m doing now (cute cat asleep on bookshelves filled with books with cat puns) has some. Found your video and managed my first French knot. Thank you so much!
Oh my gosh! This is the first time I've ever been able to get it right! I had to watch you at half speed (so it sounded like you'd had too much wine) but I did it! I actually did it!!
Thank you so much!! I have been trying to do the french knot for the longest time and so far only your tutorial has helped! Thank you so much for talking through it!
Somehow, I can never do a French knot unless I'm watching someone else do it. I love these videos! short, simple, clear, and to the point. For a beginner like me, I need this! Thank you!
Thank you. I was in the middle of a quilt project & needed a few French knots & had forgotten how. It probably gets easier with practice, but right now I could use a third hand
Really helped seeing all the needle in shot, this was the 3rd video I tried , was doing all sorts of funny things 😅 quite addictive practicing, think I’ve got it nailed. Will re watch as a reminder.
Thanks so much for your videos. I watched at least 15 times before I was successful in making a French knot. You’re right this takes lots of practice! 😊👍🏽😁
@@Stephm647 Oh, sorry, I do in my Etsy shop here: www.etsy.com/shop/CutesyCraftsBoutique. I built the other shop site myself and couldn't figure out how to program international shipping. :D
OMG I am so relieved to see I am not the only one struggling with this! I turned the playback speed down to half & finally after several times I'm getting it! WHEW!!! I'm gonna have to practice this one a LOT!!!
Unbelievable but true, I try many times after watching your video, after 4 days I really did, I am very happy to be able to say that I could not tell you, I am a new member of this channel. Thank you very much.
SSSOOOO I JUST found this video after years of frustration and realized.... I was doing it left handed and while it is a bit cumbersome for me I can now do it! THANK YOU :D
I want to cry I’ve been trying to do this for three weeks!! Thank you so much following your instructions I got it on the first try!
Oh, I'm so happy this helped!!!
Savannah Gresham I still don’t get it
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Could not figure out the French knot until I watched this video. Thank you!
So glad it helped!
Somehow, I can never do a French knot unless I'm watching someone else do it. Thank you so much for this video!
Same here! I’ll easily do one watching this video and then I’ll pause it and try another one and I won’t be able to figure it out. It’s so weird
same here! hahaha
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@Kevin Walker Yup, been using InstaFlixxer for since december myself :)
I learn this easier ,thank you very much
When I first started learning french knots, it was extremely hard for me. Each knot would look completely different and would mess up the whole work. But now, with a lot of practice, I can make pretty decent knots. This is just for those who find French knots difficult :)
Why is it so hard for me to do this. Am I the only one??
Edit: I wrote this comment few years back and reading it today makes me feel nostalgic. How I struggled to perfect this stitch for school purposes. Anyway, thank y'all so much for the likes😭
im about to pull my hair out trying to do it :(
Nope, you're not the only one one!! I hear lots of people say they struggle with French knots, and I don't even know how to do them (hence why I'm watching this video), I think if we just keep practicing, we'll figure it out.
It's definitely one that takes practice. When you take the needle back down, make it just next to the original hole and not back down in the same one. Holding the thread with your non-dominant hand is very important. Hold it tight, but not too much. It will get easier!
No, I'm also struggling. It's driving me mental
Kathrine Turner this one is the challenging one for me right now, too. Understanding how to do it is easy, I guess it’s trying to get the hands to work together holding the thread taunt. A couple of my knots look wonky lol.
I may have shed a few tears of frustration last night when I was trying to do French knots for the first time. Thank you so much for this helpful video, this really helped me!!
lmfaoooo That was me 5 seconds ago
yess, couldn't do them on my own!!
Same here except I threw the project across the room at the wall
Yes! I'm working on them but they look TERRIBLE. Glad I found this video!
You cannot understand how grateful i am for this video.
I tried to do the French knot for hours last night and no matter how hard i tried and how many tutorials i watched i just couldn't do it until i found yours, just one watch and just like magic i succeeded.
Truly thank you❤️
I've just started embroidery for the first time a week ago and I've been watching your videos to learn how to do different stitches that are needed and I really like the videos you do. I find them very easy to learn from. You do a great job on teaching. So far ive learned to do a back stitch, straight stitch, leaf and now a french knotThanks.
Same
Thank you so much for posting this, I need reminding every-time as use french knots in frequently, this is my go-to tutorial.
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I was never able to do French knots before even after four years of embroidering, but now I have a line of six on my scrap fabric! Thank you!
I tried multiple times and couldn't get it to work, correctly. It formed the knot, but when I put it through the same hole, it came all the way through. So, I think it needs to be next to that hole, not actually through it. This was my first project, so I wasn't too worried about getting it correct (especially as I altered it a lot already lol). I definitely got the technique down, so thanks!!
Valerie S I think she said
Anywhere near the same hole
This is true, from what I have read you want it next to the original hole, not through it, even if "next" to it is only one fiber length. I can see the same hole working with thick floss, but not anything fine.
Now I figured why my french are horrible. Because i dont put it in the same hole... I just realised it after read your comment. Thank you a lot. Hahaha 😂)
@@khalishahahmad602 even if i put it in the same hole it still wont work the twisty thing that i did always gets undone....................................
putting it through the same hole didn't work for me.... it can be right next to it, but not in the same hole. hopefully this helps some viewers.
Maybe a finer needle? I seem to recall that when I first did these (about 50 years ago!) I just pulled the knot through the hole, and, of course, it was because the hole was bigger than the knot because my needle was too thick.
Very good tip indeed!
dont forget also ****french knot = 2 strands
@@NationOfZealots84 wait so you only need 2 strands for this
@@CherryBlossomBlyue depends on Aida/hole type, some FK require 3 strands
Thank you for your easy to follow directions! The video helped so much. French Knotts have always given me such grief, not anymore. 🎉
I have tried for, honestly, years to do a french knot. I’ve created huge meter long pieces of cross stitch and still never been able to but I thought I’d give it one more go and after seeing your video I finally did!!! I screamed once it worked! Thank you so much for posting this, I feel like there’s no stopping my work now xx
Haha! YES!! That makes me SO happy to read!!!
YAY! I just did my first EVER french knot! I printed off the template that goes with this and I am working on it. I love it!
Hands down, the best instruction on how to do the French knot. I used to pull it through the fabric all the time. This video helped a lot. Thank you.
Your videos are the first ones I go to, as I’m learning to embroider during the Corona pandemic. You make even the difficult stitches seem easy. Thank you so much for these tutorials.
Thank you! I had a guide in my cross stitch book with only one picture, but I really needed something visual to help me. Got it in the second try. Thank you so much!
I struggled for so long with my french knots. They were going right through and leaving me frustrated. Thank you!
I have tried for literally years to conquer French knots and after watching you do it ONCE, I did it! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!
Genuinely thank you so much for this video! I’m new to embroidery and after watching a different tutorial a few weeks ago and not grasping the technique, I’ve put off finishing my project for weeks! You video has made the technique super clear and I can successfully do the stitch! Thank you!! 🙂
I have been trying to do a French knot since 2003. Thanks to your video I made one, then two, then five. Thank you so very much
I've never been able to do a French knot before (even after watching videos). Something about your video was perfect because I did it first try!! and now I've done quite a few, Thank you!! 😁👍
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, TAHNK YOU!!!!!!!! This is the first time I actually did a french knot. I have read how to do it and watched others show you how to do it, and I have had people try and show me. Never until this morning at work (graveyard shift benefits lol) was I successful. So THANK YOU very much for this video.
I used to do French Knots as a child, but haven't done them in years (about 40) so this video is great! Thanks for making it!
THANK YOU!! I had a tutuorial up for different stitches, but they didn't have a step by step explanation on it. Now I can make perfect french knots with no loose bits!
I never knew how to do one until this, but I apparently end all of my sititches in a similar way so it was easy to get a hang of. Thanks for the awesome tutorial!!
I finally got it after watching your video! thank you!
OHHHHHHH. THAT MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE THANK YOU SO MUCH IVE BEEN TRYING TO GET IT FOR LIKE 2 DAYS AND I KEPT MESSING IT UP TYS
of course I'm learning stitches on an actual project and not on practice fabric!! But each of my french knots are looking a little better than the one before. Thank you for the tutorial :)
I love these videos! short, simple, clear, and to the point. For a beginner like me, I need this! Thank you!
i mean this in the most melodramatic but somehow still truthful way possible, but this video saved my life. i finally finished three (3) cross stitch projects i’ve put off for years (one a full decade!!) because of french knots. 🙏 you are a blessing
Haha! Oh man, that has to feel so good to get those done! So glad I could help. :)
THANK YOU FOR THIS!! Books did not describe it the same way and I couldn’t get one made. First time watching your tutorial and I nailed!! Off to find your channel and more tutorials now! ♥️
Thank you! With your instructions, I just made a successful french knot for the first time, and second time, and third time. :) So happy to have this skill finally! Thank you.
Thanks for the video! I was stumped by french knots until you explained them!
THANK YOU!! I have spent the last 6 hours watching countless tutorials and I was getting SO frustrated! The game changer was when you said to turn your work after you put the needle in!! Before that I was putting it straight in and the know was unraveling right on my needle. I could cry, I’m so happy 🤍
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I am way past 50 and I have been struggling and failing for all of my crafting life to make French Knots and I am now the very proud owner of 4 perfectly made French Knots. The pattern I have calls for 5 clumps of French Knots. Which will keep me very happy. Thank you 😻😻😻😻🎉🎉🎉
I have just recently gotten interested in embroidery and got a lovely kit from the dollar store to try it out. It's pretty decent, except the instructions for each stitch kinda suck, so I'm incredibly thankful that you made tutorial videos on them. Definitely makes my life a thousand times easier because I'm not trying to understand really crappy instructions. So far, I have learnt the stem stitch, the leaf stitch, and now the french knot all from your super simple yet informative videos. Thank you so much!!
Thanks! I'm 13 and learning to sew! Its actually very fun!
This is such a simple and well done tutorial! I needed to brush up on my French knot skills, and this was perfect.
This was SO helpful and easy to understand for a beginner! You’re an excellent teacher! Thank you 🙏🏼
That makes me so happy to read! So glad I could help!
Hooray! This is the absolute first time I was successful at making a french knot! Thank you so much!!!!
Thank you! Before my knots always ended up messy and wierd because I wasn't applying any tension but now they look good!
Omg! I could not figure out the written instructions that came with my kit until watching this. Lifesaver!
Thank you so much!! This elduded me for so long, but my french knots are so much better now!!
Thank you!!!! Tried this super easy stitch soooo many times and couldn’t figure what I was doing wrong. Short sweet and to the point!!!! ❤
Thank you I have been trying to get a hold of this. A few times I accidentally did it but could not replicate it again. Thanks to this I will have something to give to my loved one now.
Just got an embroidery kit and the French knot looked intimidating. Thank you for showing it so clearly!
Mine just keeps coming undone when I put the needle back down a hole near the og
Same :(
I have done this and then by the next time have completely lost the method. I think - no I know - that I cannot follow diagrams and written instruction and so thank goodness for you tube and the person who kindly posted this demonstration . It becomes so much clearer when I can watch and listen. Forever grateful !
thanks. This helped me with my project!
I haven't cross stitched in about 7 or 8 years and this was the perfect refresher on French knots! Thank you
Did it perfectly on my first try thanks to this video! Thank you ❤️
Thank you! I was interested in adding a French knot to my current project and now I know exactly how to make one. This is a great video!
Glad I could help!
Thank you! You saved my sanity!
Thank you!!!! The written instructions in my embroidery knit made no sense. I watched this and immediately got it! 😊
thanks ! this helped me wth my GCSE project !
Thank you so much!! I have been trying to make a french knot for 50 years and this is the first time I've been able to do it.
WHY IS THIS SO HARDDD😭
for reallll😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@shilpasharma7742 nvm its easy😁i found out that my thread is jst a little thinner than hers soo problem solve✊😘
Agree
I have one arm and I have been getting into embroidery, doing a french knot was my big challenge but after watching this video. I finally got it!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
when she said the "same hole"....I was: what??!! No way. Close to the same hole, NOT the same hole.
Very helpful, I couldn't do French notes before, now I can!
Happy to help!
Thank you so much! I finally realized what I was doing wrong.
This video helped a ton, thank you! I've been trying to learn from a book and I wasn't doing these correctly but couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. I really appreciate the video!
All these videos have been so helpful, thanks so much! you have a new subscriber 😊
Thank you so much I'm a textiles student and could never figure out how to do a French knot even when my teacher was showing me but now I can do it thanks to you!
This shit is hard
Stitch or shit
Best explanation I found online, very clear, and the specific way you put your needle and thread makes it very easy for left-handed me to mirror it.
its so hard
To easy hard 😂😢
This brings back so many memories from the 60's. It's made me want to Embroider again. Thank you x
I have literally never been able to do a French knot before watching this video. Thank you so much!!
I remember from childhood attempts at a stitch sampler that french knots were the very devil. I remember them knotting in the wrong place and hanging off my cloth. In retrospect, I think my mother didn't know how to do them either when she taught me, because this video made french knots clear and simple. They behaved themselves first try. Thank you
I am terrible at these, thanks for showing it. finding this tutorial is super timely! I need to do these as "flowers" on a tiny piece of felting I am working on.
Thank you for doing these videos. I just started embroidery and I'm watching all your videos to learn. Hopefully, I can knock out some of these tomorrow.
Oh my gosh! French knot is actually pretty easy! Love this video! So useful!
Thank you!! Just like everyone else I found this frustrating and couldn’t do it no matter what I tried. I really appreciate you being super descriptive! I started getting it after this video :)
i just started my embroidery journey and ive learned all knots and stitches from you! these videos are so easy to follow and my stitching looks SO SKILLED (even though im a beginner :P) thanks so much!!
Love this video, straight to the tutorial, no unnecessary talking
Thank you soo much for this simple tip 🥺🫂
Thank you for finally making me understand the structure of the french knot!
French knots have been the bane of my existence, but the pattern I’m doing now (cute cat asleep on bookshelves filled with books with cat puns) has some. Found your video and managed my first French knot. Thank you so much!
So glad my video helped! Sounds like a cute pattern!
Oh my gosh! This is the first time I've ever been able to get it right! I had to watch you at half speed (so it sounded like you'd had too much wine) but I did it! I actually did it!!
Hahaha! Oh no! I'm going to have to play it back like that now!
Thank you so much!! I have been trying to do the french knot for the longest time and so far only your tutorial has helped! Thank you so much for talking through it!
Somehow, I can never do a French knot unless I'm watching someone else do it. I love these videos! short, simple, clear, and to the point. For a beginner like me, I need this! Thank you!
So glad you are enjoying my videos. Thank you!
@@CutesyCrafts Please help me to grow up my youtube channel, pin my comment in your comment session.
Thank you. I was in the middle of a quilt project & needed a few French knots & had forgotten how. It probably gets easier with practice, but right now I could use a third hand
Yes, it definitely gets easier. Maybe a stand would be helpful to hold your work?
THANK YOU! I have tried and tried, again and again and never made a knot. Now I know how to and it was so easy when you did it right! :D
(*chef’s kiss) This video was exactly what I needed to successfully create a French knot. The little turn is the key! Thank you!
This is nothing like the instruction sheet I have shows, but infinitely more understandable and easier. Thank you.
Really helped seeing all the needle in shot, this was the 3rd video I tried , was doing all sorts of funny things 😅 quite addictive practicing, think I’ve got it nailed. Will re watch as a reminder.
FINALLY learned how to do this properly. you are a life saver, thank you!
Thanks so much for your videos. I watched at least 15 times before I was successful in making a French knot. You’re right this takes lots of practice! 😊👍🏽😁
Now I want a sample piece with all the different stitches. Thank you for the clear and direct instructions.
I have a free pattern download for this sampler here: bit.ly/2TS3Mio I also have a kit: bit.ly/3j8OgrO
Cutesy Crafts thank you 😀
Cutesy Crafts bummer. You don’t ship to Canada. I guess I’ll have to do the download version.
@@Stephm647 Oh, sorry, I do in my Etsy shop here: www.etsy.com/shop/CutesyCraftsBoutique. I built the other shop site myself and couldn't figure out how to program international shipping. :D
OMG I am so relieved to see I am not the only one struggling with this! I turned the playback speed down to half & finally after several times I'm getting it! WHEW!!! I'm gonna have to practice this one a LOT!!!
This helped me do a French knot right for the first time! Thank you so much!
I've never done a french knot but with your tutorial I got it from first try. Thanks!
If I could give this a million liked, I would❤ Literally struggled with this so much😭
I struggled so hard and watched your video and got it perfectly thank you so much
Unbelievable but true, I try many times after watching your video, after 4 days I really did, I am very happy to be able to say that I could not tell you, I am a new member of this channel. Thank you very much.
SSSOOOO I JUST found this video after years of frustration and realized.... I was doing it left handed and while it is a bit cumbersome for me I can now do it! THANK YOU :D
Thank you for showing us how to do the french knot. Its perfect for making small berries design