"put the eye of the needle throgh the knot"
01-11-2013, 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Iraxy
Quilters take their information from all sorts of sources and kindness is a virtue most quilters have. If only more people were like quilters perhaps it would truly be a kinder more gentler place.
01-11-2013, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Tartan
She might have been talking about getting the knot down close to your work? When you tie a knot and it looks like it is going to too far from the work, before you pull it tight, insert the needle tip (tip not the eye)in the loop of the knot and pull on the thread tail as you slide the knot down tight to the work with the needle tip. Pull the needle tip out just before giving the knot a good tug to get it tight. Clear as mud right? It is hard to describe but easy to do.
01-11-2013, 05:30 PM
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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??
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??
01-11-2013, 06:57 PM
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[QUOTE=willferg;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!
I do my knots just like you do. It's called a quilter's knot and I've never heard of putting your needle through the knot. I'd say just count that as one strange encounter and go on about your business. Sounds like yet another kook loose in the world!
I never would have described it the way she did, but like you said, you find all kinds, and not just in Boston!
I do my knots just like you do. It's called a quilter's knot and I've never heard of putting your needle through the knot. I'd say just count that as one strange encounter and go on about your business. Sounds like yet another kook loose in the world!
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