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How to tie the knot

May 7, 2010 by Denise Felton 2 Comments

Little dear tracks shows us the easy way to tie a knot at the end of embroidery floss or sewing thread. I thought everyone did it this way! Somewhere in the distant past someone must have taught me. How many knotting techniques are there? If you have a favorite, please post a comment about it.

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Comments

  1. Shirley says

    May 7, 2010 at 12:50 pm

    I do the roll thingy like the picture, but when I demonstrate to students I still find some of them tying a single knot randomly somewhere along the length of the thread.

    I don’t use a knot though except for tacking and when making soft toys. Never on embroidery, two tiny stitches in one place for most embroidery starts. Is it just me? That is how I was taught.

  2. Faith says

    May 16, 2010 at 5:14 pm

    I learned to use both the knots (finger roll and needle wrap) for sewing and quilting, but like Shirley, learned not to do knots in embroidery.

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