Instructions for needlepoint kit say:
"1. Come up at A,…"
Come up at A? There is a diagram but instructions are not clear, What’s coming up at A?
Can you give me clearer instructions on how to make a french knot & place it in a Needle Point pattern?
Thank You,
Harry Gams
this video may be helpful: I think it is more helpful to see someone actually doing it………
or this:
http://www.heritageshoppe.com/heritage/stitches/frenchknot/frenchknot.html
http://www.associatedcontent.com/video/26454/how_to_make_a_french_knot_using_embroidery.html
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this video may be helpful: I think it is more helpful to see someone actually doing it………
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4103540398480882240
or this:
http://www.heritageshoppe.com/heritage/stitches/frenchknot/frenchknot.html
http://www.associatedcontent.com/video/26454/how_to_make_a_french_knot_using_embroidery.html
References :
You might want to look into "Colonial knots" as well. They are, in my extensive experience, easier to control than French knots, and have a more uniform appearance. The site in my source has a diagram that looks very straight-forward.
(You bring your needle up through a main hole on the canvas/cloth and go down a fractional stitch away. With canvas, this would be in the tight center square that forms between four main holes. With cloth, I usually go one thread diagonally from where I come up.)
References :
http://crossstitch.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=crossstitch&cdn=hobbies&tm=10&f=00&su=p445.92.150.ip_&tt=14&bt=0&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.cross-stitching.com/kh_page.asp%3Fid%3D203