How to do Colonial Knots - Embroidery Tutorial for Beginners

Learn how to do Colonial Knots in Hand Embroidery. This stitch is perfect for creating smooth, shiny surfaces in your embroidery - and it's great for showing off beautiful thread colours.
This tutorial is done left-handed.
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I'm Sammy, founder of Paraffle (which means 'embroidery' in Scots!). I've created these videos as a tool, to help people begin their embroidery journeys.
Whether you're teaching yourself or using an embroidery kit, I hope these can make the process even more enjoyable!
Feel free to comment if you have any questions, or if there's other stitches you'd like tutorials on - I'm here to help!

[@johndavies5819]

This is, without doubt, my favourite technique. Fellas ladies love a man who can do a colonial knot.

[@Wackichick67]

Thank you! I needed a video for lefties 😊

[@Paraffle]

You're very welcome! Hooray for lefties! ☺️