Originally Posted by AndysC (Post 5779517)

LOL Alison. It did sound quite tasty. "Orange zest" is apparently a must. Will have to try it, once I buy a zester. LOL

Now I am in a PANIC, however, over knots. The woman who tought me how to do a cathedral windows said to do the following.

1. To start, tie a double knot and bury it in the folds of the windows. Cut the tail VERY short.

2. to end, get to the "end", then make two extra stitches, passing the needle through each before tightening.

So that is what I have been doing.

ACK - is this whole thing just going to fall apart??

Originally Posted by willferg (Post 5776049)

I was baffled at first, and then I thought of how I make knots when I'm embroidering – I wrap the thread a few times around the tip and then slide the wraps (which become the knot) down over the eye of the needle, down the thread, till it's a knot at the end.

I never would have described it the way she did, but like you said, you find all kinds, and not just in Boston!

Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn (Post 5774809)

Maybe she meant to do a french knot? http://www.needlenthread.com/2006/11...-tutorial.html When I googled "pass eye of the needle through the knot" I got several hits for french knots

Originally Posted by jcrow (Post 5842603)

Thank you a million times for this video!!!!! I have tried for years to make a 'French Knot' and it fell apart each time. I didn't understand how to do it by reading directions. Watcing it is completey different. I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but thank you!!!!