This week the challenge stitch is French knots. This stitch is one that some people find difficult but I have a tip or two.
If your knot pops through the fabric, you are not leaving a large enough gap where the thread emerges from the fabric and where it goes back into the fabric. When you follow the directions for French knots that I have published here in step 2 make sure you take the needle back into the fabric a couple of threads away from where it came out. Dont put it back into the same hole.
Second tip is to use milliners needles as they are the secret weapon in creating not only French knots but Bullions too. I have the image here hoping that people take notice of this tip.
Any of the knotted stitches are best worked with milliners needles or straw needles because most embroidery needles have an eye that is wider than the shaft of the needle. Milliners or straw needles have an eye and shaft that are the same width which makes sliding the wrapped bullion or French knot along the needle easy. I hope these two tips lead to pleasant stitching experiences!
Once again the challenge is:
For new hands to learn the stitch
Or
If you are an experienced stitcher take the stitch and push it a little further in a creative manner or combine this stitch with one of the stitches already covered in TAST 2012. If you have worked a sample in a previous challenge feel free to post a link in comments as it will inspire people but if you have time do try another sample and do something different and new!
How to join in
Stitch a sample, take a photograph of it, put in online in your blog, flickr site or on Stitchin Fingers page, swing by here and leave a comment with your full web address so people can visit and see your sample.
Any special rules?
There are no rules but I do have a request, please link back here.
Interesting work will be featured
Each week I will feature samples that participants have stitched order to draw attention to creative and interesting work. This means some work will be re-published. I will credit and link to the owners website but I assume that when you leave your link here, I have your permission to feature your work. If you do not want your work to be featured please say in the comment, you leave and I wont include it.
Further information
If you need further information on the challenge a list of stitches covered so far or directions on how to participate please visit the TAST FAQ page.
You can read back through TAST articles by browsing Challenges - Take a Stitch Tuesday category
Other groups and networks
You can also share your explorations with other members on the social network site of your choice. There is a Facebook TAST 2012 page, stitchin fingers group and the flickr TAST site. All these sub groups are set up at request of members.
Oh how fun Sharon, a great stitch for this glorious week. It’s time consuming but rather fun to sew!
I love french knots and find them easy to do, but then Mom taught me decades ago! I had already done them on this area of a crazy quilt block. I was behind on the stem stitch and there is a french knot on the bird I embroidered for it, but there are more french knots on the crazy patch.
This week I have a lot to do to get ready for a trip, so glad you picked a stitch I already had done! : – )
Sharon
My trial for this week’s challenge is here. I enjoyed doing french knots. When I learned I struggled but after a couple of times it was fun doing it. The link is
http://shamiatcraft.blogspot.in/2012/04/tast-2012-week-16-french-knots.html
Hope my strawberry will be yummy.
Again, I love you samples Sharon! So gorgeous! You can see what I did at http://princessbubblescreates.blogspot.ca/
Someone once told me that there is no point in learning to do a french knot, that’s what beads are for. Well, I disagree. As much as I love beads I think there is always room for french knots!
Excellent! I love french knots.
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http://flowerkaleidoscope.blogspot.com/2012/04/blog-post.html
Sorry, wrong link.
The correct link
http://flowerkaleidoscope.blogspot.com/2012/04/tast-2012-french-knots.html
I am sorry. Svetlana
My favourite stitch! The perfect stitch to finish my week 13 sampler.
Here’s my weekly post with old samples:
http://fat-quarter.blogspot.com/2012/04/old-french-knots.html
It’s a ‘more from the archives’ post, but it’s ready to see:
http://sew-in-love.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/tast-week-16-french-knots.html
In the meantime, I’m working on my sampler…
I’ve had a few “off” weeks, but I’m back in the saddle now! I love French knots, and I found several spots on my quilt that needed them
http://www.beading-arts.com/2012/04/tast-week-16-french-knots.html
My first post of the week: details of a recent work still in progress. I wish you all a very nice week and nice sitiches. Sharon, once again, thanks for all!
http://embroiderland.blogspot.com.br/2012/04/tast-2012-french-knot-week-16.html
HI,
I have not done any new projects but shared pictures of some old projects..
http://sadalas.blogspot.in/2012/04/tast-2012-week16-french-knots.html
Here is my French knot sampler. I enjoyed this one.
http://cantheleopardchangeherspots.blogspot.com/
My all time favorite stitch, Sharon! Here’s my blog post: http://debbiesfiberwork.blogspot.com/2012/04/tast-week-16.html
this is my pictures
http://alovchany.blogspot.com/2012/04/2-tast-week-16.html
Hi Sharon
So pleased you have chosen French Knots as I wanted to share with everyone some of my relatives work. I think my grandmother did these, but cannot be sure of exactly who did. These pieces are done on silk with single thread.
I will have a go myself this week and post again.
My blog
http://pippaquilts.blogspot.co.uk/
Thank you Sharon for this chance to show some wonderful work and ideas.
I like French knots, but I like Colonial knots better – for one reason they are so much easier!
I have just about caught up with TAST on my sampler at http://jowynnjohns.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/catching-up-with-tast/
I previously stitched a small piece on a fabric print of a Springtime photo taken in our local park.
I was disappointed to see that the French Knots were
quite open and had tails – but in that piece they were OK, as opening buds! So – a happy accident.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23261611@N04/3252884511/in/set-72157606424043576
However I do have a lovely embroidery with many, many, French knots. I have no idea who stitched it – it was bought by my late Aunt in a house sale about seventy years ago,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23261611@N04/2821090158/in/set-72157606424043576
I have recently come home from hospital and need to catch up on three TAST weeks – hopefully soon. Connie.
Thank you for the tips! I always had problems passing the needle through the knot, but with a “straw” needle it was easy!
http://fanaticalseamstress.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/lots-of-dots/
My first post to week. Detais of a recently work still in progress…
http://embroiderland.blogspot.com.br/2012/04/tast-2012-french-knot-week-16.html
I posted two french knot samples on my blog at:
http://www.readingandstitchinginil.com/2012/04/tast-week-16-french-knots.html
http://yarngoddess.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/knots/
Love French knots. Can’t stitch more than an hour without putting in one or two just because.
I love french knots! Here are some experiments:
http://magicmoonmusings.blogspot.ca/2012/04/tast-2012-french-knots.html
Here is my attempt on french knot: http://fabricfusion.blogspot.com/2012/04/tast-wek-16-french-knot.html
Happy Stitching!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stitchinwoman/
I “knotted” two afternoons – the print came from my stash of little treasures.
I have never used this stitch, but I really loved it and enjoyed it!
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/tast-2012-french-knots-1?context=user
You can see my work for last two weeks,
http://homemadebyme.tumblr.com/post/21377367841/tast-2012-semaine-15-stem-stitch-point-de
http://homemadebyme.tumblr.com/post/21377447816/tast-2012-semaine-16-french-knot-point-de
I love french knots!! Here’s my version of hycinth flowers with french knots. http://www.flickr.com/photos/55086543@N02/5178195647/in/photostream
Here’s a better picture of the seam treatment. http://www.flickr.com/photos/55086543@N02/5178195647/in/photostream
Here is my contribution for this week:
http://threads-and-patches.blogspot.com/2012/04/tast-week-16-french-knots.html
Today I wrote about the French knots and other TAST stitches on my crazy fabric book page:
http://fat-quarter.blogspot.com/2012/04/vintage.html
French knots are one of my favourite stitches and I tend to design with them alot! Althought I’ve not been keeping up weekly, I am working behind the scenes. Thanks Sharon!
http://creativedaily.blogspot.ca/2012/04/french-knots.html
It’s a nice stitch! You can see it on my blog
http://6stem5.canalblog.com
Have a nice week-end!!!
Hi,Sharon
My work for this week´s challenge is here.
I enjoyed to do this!!!!!
Have a nice day.
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/spiral-c
I stitch this for my daugther,40 years ago.
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/40-years-ago-1?context=user
I love French knots too. My new sample can be found on my blog.
http://linsartyblobs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/tast-16-and-orange-bird.html
It’s raining on my blog http://j-en-revais.blogspot.com/2012/04/tast-16.html Have a nice week-end.
Hi Friend, I loved doing Oxygen. See my happy little fishes.
http://embroiderland.blogspot.com.br/2012/04/tast-2012-french-knot-week-16b.html
I always wondered why my french knots looked alittle different, and why I had trouble with bouillion stitch. The needle? How simple…
Sharon, I think I love French knots and hope I have improved since that first Sumptuous Surfaces piece – my knot picture (not quite finished) is on my blog – http://www.maggies-textiles.blogspot.com
margb.
TAST WEEK 16 FRENCH KNOT
Here is my french knot butterfly
I love embroidery and your blog has been great inspiration. This is a new blog and my first post, just wanted to be part of this wonderful experience and also learn more about hand embroidery . Here is my small work with french knots http://embroiderandsew.blogspot.com/2012/04/tast-week-16-french-knot.html
Sharon, I enjoyed this week’s challenge tremendously.
This is what I made:
http://web.me.com/queeniepatch/Queeniepatch_Quilts/Blog/Entries/2012/4/20_TAST_2012%2C_Week_16.html
http://asha-kurinji.blogspot.com/2012/04/tast-week-16-french-knot.html?m=1
Hi Sharon, this is my sample for week 16………….
you can find it here……………
http://ellascraftcreations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/tast-2012-week-16-french-knot.html
hugs
chris richards
Here is my butterfly …
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/m/photo/photo/show?ids=2105845%3APhoto%3A446094%2C2105845%3APhoto%3A440968%2C2105845%3APhoto%3A440832%2C2105845%3APhoto%3A439987%2C2105845%3APhoto%3A439379%2C2105845%3APhoto%3A439057&first=0&previousUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fstitchinfingers.ning.com%2Fprofiles%2Fprofile%2Fshow%3Fid%3DAshavinod%26xg_browser%3Diphone
http://christinaroland.blogspot.com/2012/04/tast-week-16.html My attempt at the french knot. A bit late this week for lack of time, and small for the same reason. Like the stitch, one of few I’ve practiced before.
I just posted my TAST tag with the French Knot. I hope you will visit and let me know what you think. Here is my link:
http://ceoriginals. blogspot.com/2012/04/french-knots-for-tast.html
I love this stitch! It’s so versatile and I would spend al ot longer exploring if I could
Anyway, here’s my sample
http://wwwhopscotch.blogspot.co.uk/
I don’t know if the comment registered, so, at the risk of repeating myself – It’s here
http://wwwhopscotch.blogspot.co.uk/
Barbara
i feel better about this stitch thanks to the tips.
i managed to create a fat little bumble bee~!
fhttp://simpletosublimepapernapkinpoetry.blogspot.com/2012/04/tast-week-16-french-knot.html
libbyQ
Sharing an older French Knot project – covering a river rock.
On my blog: http://blissfullyimperfect.blogspot.com/2012/04/take-stitch-tuesday-french-knot.html
On flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jckirner/1588414690/
A little study in knots… mixed in with stem stitch and detached chain.
a little study in knots
I’m not getting a moderating message and it doesn’t look like my posts are coming through so, if this is the third time, apologies…
here is my little study in French Knots… http://thatyankstitches.multiply.com/journal/item/302/Take_A_Stitch_Tuesday_2012_Challenge_-_Week_16
French knots–one of my favorites! I did a little experimenting with different threads and yarns.
http://still-life-pond.blogspot.com/2012/04/tast-weeks-14-and-15-stem-stitch-and.html
I was finishing my pebble embroidery adding many french knots. french knots are cute!
http://irispatchwork.blogspot.com.br/2012/04/tast-week-16.html
Hello,
French knot is not my favorit stitch, but I propose a little exercise :
http://pierrespapiersciseaux.blogspot.fr/2012/04/tast-semaine-16-le-point-de-noeud.html
I’ve finished my pebble embroidery doing many french knots. They are excellent for filling spaces.
http://irispatchwork.blogspot.com.br/2012/04/tast-week-16.html
Hope you like. Iris Lins
I enjoyed doing French knots this week. I did the French knots on both the linen and two different types of lace on this sampler:
http://harvestmoonbyhand.blogspot.com/2012/04/take-stitch-tuesday-french-knots-week.html
It’s included in my TAST embroidery journal along with a journal entry, gratitude list, and images reflective of things I saw this week.
Unfinished sample, but I probably never will, I was being unrealistic when I designed it! Oh well, rock and roll! Week 16 TAST
Finally got around to posting my progress on my blog – http://jacquiboydalden.blogspot.com/ . Have been keeping up with everyone’s work via this site and Facebook. Some pretty amazing stuff.
Dear Sharon, doing a design with a Frenchknot is new to me.
However I tried it out. But i think the result is not that perfect. O.K. Let me try again.
Now see my work at my blog and i will be back with some more designs in improved version.
Thankyou Sharon it is very interesting to participate in tast.
http://viji-crafts.blogspot.in/2012/04/tast-week16-frenchknot.html
Hello
Thanks Sharon for highlight my work this week. My tast week 16 is post here:
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/tast-week-16-french-knot-1?context=user and here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/severine14/7098494691/in/photostream
Yea! French Knots: http://thetruevine.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/take-a-stitch-tuesday-french-knot/
So many lovely samples of stitching here, pleased to be part of it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/janekiwi/6952557194/in/photostream
French knot flowers with embroidery floss. I used the stem stitch trellis from last week. I got the idea for these flowers from Mary Corbet’s Needle n Thread blog. Enjoy! http://quiltisland.blogspot.com/2012/04/forsythia-and-flowers.html
I did my first ever ribbon embroidery flowers this week, using french knots. Have been meaning to try it for ages after having seen some cute ribbon roses and now it finally happened. You can now see my silk ribbon and novelty yarn knots here: http://wildrosesandblackberries.blogspot.com/2012/04/tast-week-16-french-knot.html
Hope you like it!
Thank you Sharon for suggesting using milliner needles for working french knots. A great tip. Made a butterfly with 497 french knots: http://jennypennypoppy.blogspot.ca/
I think I posted my french knot piece on last weeks TAST by accident…but here it is:
http://www.asucculentlife.blogspot.com/2012/04/tast-my-first-entry.html
Thanks, Julie
My week 16 sample is at http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/frenchknotteapot?context=latest. I am enjoying this challenge because it forces me to do a new sample each week. Not always easy, but rewarding.
I’ve posted work for Stem, Satin and French knots at
http://crazyqstitcher.wordpress.com/
I like French knots.
I looked at a range of Knots from different countries, including French and had a great time researching them all.
I have posted to my blog : htttp://www.carorose.typepad.com
and the Flikr group:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carorose/6954897940/in/pool-56846286@N00
French knot? Knot garden? Ah…French Knot Garden!!!!
See it at http://www.flickr.com/photos/stitchintime
Gayle Schipper
My attempts at French Knots. Not a patch on my Grandmothers.
http://pippaquilts.blogspot.co.uk/
Hello Sharon ,
I like embrodering french knots .This is my work for this week :http://foliesdesandrine.canalblog.com
Good week end
Started working on my French Knots but only got the outline done.
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/scribble-face-french-knot-tast2012?context=album&albumId=2105845%3AAlbum%3A434466
Here is another one of my French Knot designs
Forgot the second link:
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/birds-eye-view-1?context=user
Here’s my post on French knots. It took me a lot of practice in years past to “get” this stitch. I now use it regularly and enjoy combining it with other stitches.
http://arlene-thefoodoflove.blogspot.com/2012/04/tast-week-16-french-knots.html
Here are my examples for the French Knot.
http://eclecticlamb.com/2012/04/22/week-16-tast-french-knots/
My samples are on my blog http://focus-on-fiber.blogspot.com
Here are my French Knots. Used as a seam treatment on my CQJP.
http://free-form-stitching.blogspot.co.nz/2012/04/cqjp-for-march-yes-im-late.html
Life got in the way this week, so here is the sample of French knots that I have just finished.
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/
My french knots piece looked a little like an eye, so I have called it “The Look’. The french knots are supplemented with beads and sequins. You may view it here:
http://dinkydideequilts.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/learning-from-friends.html
This is my example of French Knots.
http://karrinscrazyworld.blogspot.com/
I’m a bit late this week as I had a nightmare with one of my threads. I got there in the end though
http://kirajones.co.uk/?p=733
I don’t know how many French knots I made this week, but I used a complete skein of stranded floss to finish my week 13 sampler. I wrote about it here:
http://fat-quarter.blogspot.com/2012/04/mooka.html
Here’s my sampler with french knots and some other stitches: http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/frenchknots
I did many french knots finishing my pebble.
http://irispatchwork.blogspot.com.br/2012/04/tast-week-16.html
Hi Sharon,
I’m late yet again.. here are my French Knots…
http://www.linda-hubbard.blogspot.ca/2012/04/tast-week-16-french-knots.html
I have posted my french knots at http://meanderingwithmymuse.blogspot.com/. Thank you for looking.
coucou sharon j’ai fini mon point qui est visible sur mon blog
lebonheurdebroderchezverobrode.over-blog.com
After a trip to Denmark, Germany and the Netherland´s, intensive finishing week of my embroidery class in Stockholm and a long weekend in the countryside I am definitely behind. But I will do my best to catch up. I start with French knots as I have done a lot of knots this spring. See my blog at http://ullabritt.wordpress.com/tast-2012/16-french-knots/
I finally finished my french knots, tedius little devils! Maybe not as bad if you only do a few here and there. If you look at my sample which in the blog post titled “It began on I-65″ you’ll see why I don’t love french knots today!