French Knot - Hand Embroidery

French knot stitch is also used widely in Indian embroidery. French knot looks very nice with sequin work.

French knot is best suited for the middle part of flowers. However we can always try variations.

I once made a paper weight for mu husband with only french knot and it indeed ca

me out very attractive.

The below tutorial will show how to do a french knot stitch. If you are not able to understand, please leave a comment, I will surely reach out to you with more details:

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French Knot:

Pistil Stitch - Hand Embroidery

Pistil stitch is a french knot with an a long tail. It is widely used in Indian Embroidery, mostly while working on flowers.

A step by step tutorial as under:

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wrap the threat 2 times around the needle

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Hold the threat by your left hand till the entire strand pass through the knot.

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Sorry for this image :)

Pistil Stitch Flower:

Herringbone Stitch

Herringbone stitch is a very simple stitch.

When herrigbone stitch is use in a curve design, the re

sult is more attractive than doing it on a parallel line.

The pictures below will describe the sequence step by step to do herring

bone.If anybody needs more details, please writeto me.

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Herringbone: