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In this video, we're going to do French
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knots. So, here are some that are used
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in my book where I've just used them as
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just a bit of a background, really. And
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I've done different sized ones, and I'm
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going to do that in this video. If
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you've been frightened of French knots,
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don't be. They can be a little bit
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tricky, but I'm going to show you how
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straightforward they really are.
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So, you're going to need a needle with a
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large eye so that your embroidery thread
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some scissors, and some fabric, and
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obviously some embroidery thread.
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So, I'm going to use it whole. You could
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divide it if you wanted smaller, but I'm
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going to use the whole thing, all six
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And I'm going to thread the needle, and
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I like to wrap it round tight,
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and then push it through the eye.
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And I have put a knot in the end of my
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needle so it doesn't pull through the
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So, you want one of those as well.
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Now, come up through your fabric
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wherever you want your French knot. So,
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I'm going to start at the beginning of
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what you need to do is take hold of the
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thread in the hand that you don't have
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and then you're going to wrap the thread
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around your needle as many times as you
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like. Now, you'll see I did it three
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times there. You can do it two, you can
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Now, what you do is you keep hold of the
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thread and keep it taut. Not so taut
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your needle doesn't fit through, which
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is what I'm doing here. Look, I've got
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it really tight and I can't get the
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So, you don't want it too tight, but you
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do want to hold on to that thread
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until the needle's nearly through, till
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the thread's nearly through, sorry.
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So, we're going to do another.
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So, we're going to come up,
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and then take the yarn,
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wrap it round the needle,
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this time we'll do it twice,
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and then put the needle back down
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through the fabric next to where you
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came up. Now, common problem is going
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back down the same hole and your knot
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So, make sure you go down next to where
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and that you hang on to that thread to
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keep some tension in it.
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Now, do play around with different
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sizes, which is why I'm doing along this
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And you take your thread, wrap it round,
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and this time we'll just do one.
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Once round. Now, you'll see me keep
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letting go of the thread. That's purely
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cuz I'm having to pick the fabric up cuz
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I'm trying to keep this all flat for
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you. Normally, you don't let go of the
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thread. You keep that little bit of
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Not too much, just a little bit so that
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it doesn't go all loose cuz that will
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At the end of the day, if you have a
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problem, you can just pull it all back.
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You can do that with all your
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embroidery. So, don't stress about it.
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And a little bit of variety isn't a bad
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You're going to wrap your yarn around
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your needle as many times as you want
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to, depending on the size of the knot
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you want. So, I'm going to go four this
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time, a really big one.
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And then put the needle back down
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through the fabric close to where you
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came up. Keep that thread tight and then
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pull your needle all the way through.
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So, then I've got to the end. How do you
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As we always do, we're going to go
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a few times. And if you want,
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[clears throat] you can go through the
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loop you've made and form a small knot.
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And you've finished. But let me show you
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one of the best ways I think of using
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French knots. Don't worry about that
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little mess. I obviously just got a a
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knot in my thread and didn't realize.
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So, there we have a great row of French
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knots, all different sizes.
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But what happens if you use Well, as
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I've already shown you, they're great
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But, what happens if you put them
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together? So, I'm going to show you a
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bag that I made that was from a kit,
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actually. But, you used French knots so
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much to make this beautiful design. You
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can see there's clumps of them here to
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make these gorgeous flowers.
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Well, you can see we've got cat hair on
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it because Emily helps me with
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And I often use this bag to put my
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projects in that I'm working on. But,
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you can see that we use for centers of
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flowers as well as for clumps of them. A
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really versatile stitch that you've now
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got in your armory. Now, I hope you're
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following the series. If not, I will put
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on the screen some videos for you to
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You'll find lots of embroidery on this
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channel, and I hope you enjoy it.
