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    Old 12-21-2010, 03:35 PM
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    On that video, at the beginning she says take the right thread over the left but she is taking the left over the right. And then the 2nd time she's taking the left over the right again. One youtube commenter said theirs fell apart using this method.
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    Old 12-21-2010, 03:49 PM
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    Originally Posted by gale
    On that video, at the beginning she says take the right thread over the left but she is taking the left over the right. And then the 2nd time she's taking the left over the right again. One youtube commenter said theirs fell apart using this method.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeaIyAyg_cs
    I have just tried it though I didn't listen to it.. I just watched her hands and copying them seems to work, I have pulled and pulled it and it seems secure.
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    Old 12-21-2010, 04:18 PM
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    So you're starting out putting left over right both times?
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    Old 12-21-2010, 04:55 PM
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    Some yarns are more slippery than others, which could be why it worked before, but not this time..... ?
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    Old 12-21-2010, 05:17 PM
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    Actually a square knot is made by putting (for instance) the right thread over the left in the first step and then the left thread over the right for the second step (or vice versa). What makes it a surgeon's knot is the fact that you wrap the thread twice each time rather than the usual once.
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    Old 12-22-2010, 06:27 AM
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    Originally Posted by gale
    So you're starting out putting left over right both times?
    Yes I did. It worked for me.
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    Old 12-22-2010, 08:13 AM
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    Originally Posted by GemState
    What makes it a surgeon's knot is the fact that you wrap the thread twice each time rather than the usual once.
    Gee, I always called this type of knot a butchers knot. I use the same method when trussing poultry or tying a roast. It also works really well for tying ribbons on Christmas presents when you don't have someone around to put a finger on the knot. The double wrap holds the first tie in place until you do your second knot.

    Good to know to use it when tying a quilt. I will use it in the future.
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    Old 12-22-2010, 08:33 AM
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    When I tie quilts instead of using yarn I used cotton crochet string as it doesn't come undone.
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    Old 12-22-2010, 12:32 PM
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    I am going to tie the quilt I am working on at present, I have a fleece back on it and whatever I try I cannot machine quilt it fed up with unpicking, I have taken advice from the board but nothing has worked, I do not have time to hand quilt, so lets hope this works in the long term, though not really a problem as my daughter could give it back for me to correct.
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    Old 12-22-2010, 02:46 PM
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    Some yarns that are "slick" will come untied. Try doing square knots. They are right over left, left over right. Less likely to come out.
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