I am happy to announce that I have conquered French knots!!!
Well, not so much conquered as managed to get them to not look like an utter, crappy, loopy mess. They are far from perfect, but I’m far from a perfectionist, so I can live with it. And with that, the first of the 20 embroidered blocks is complete!
It certainly went far quicker than I expected. And learning the stitches is much easier than I expected. Although I did learn I did my stem stitch wrong. Well not so much wrong, just much smaller than it needed to be. Mom pointed it out when I showed her the picture, so I decided to look up a quick tutorial.
And with that new knowledge, Lemmy and I were off and running on block number two.
We got our stem stitch perfected, and added the Lazy Daisy stitch to our repertoire! If we keep this pace up, we’ll probably be managing a block a weekend soon.
Wandering Cat Studio 
Very pretty. With each block being different, it should keep one motivated! Congratulations on learning new stitches.
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Your french knots look great and although I know lazy dasies take some time to learn, you did wonderfully on those too. Another hobby you’re mastering. 🙂
Blessings,
Betsy
PS Lemmy looks as if he’s falling asleep on the job. You may have to dock his pay. Sweet boy
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All looks good to me!
Very pretty, and Lemmy is such a handsome enabler.
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Great job!
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I do love embroidery over cross stitch for the variety–very did a beautiful job on these two!
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Good for you! The only time I have encountered french knots is when I have to put the eyes on something. They all end up looking cross eyed or like they are suffering from a severe head injury.
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Both are just beautiful!
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Wonderful handiwork. My idiot dad got excited when he read “french knots” because he thought you were talking about rolls or bread.
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Nice French Knots! It has been years since I did them…I had one project that they unknotted so after that I anchored them with another stitch right up and down again…it seemed to work well:) That is a nice project and the thread just shines!
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