No knot embroidery start

Today, just a quick little stitch tip to start your week off – and hopefully to make your embroidery quicker and easier! Last week, we talked about the back of embroidery projects and I shared three tips to help you keep the back neat when it matters. Among those tips, we looked at how to ...

A tutorial that illustarates 3 easy quick methods of how to start hand embroidery without a knot.

I always start my stitching with a knot (video here) and end it without one (video here). I do this because it's easy and I love easy. And I really don't care what the back of my work looks like - I actually kind of like seeing the knots and tails. But some of you

Get to know these 7 essential hand embroidery knots. How many do you know how to make?

Presenting the Knots Family. The Knots are often small, but make a great impact! Choose your favorite knot and use it in your next project. The Knots Family has it all - isolated knots, detached knots, and continuous knots. They are great to add texture to your fabric and can be dimensional too! The list does not end here- wait for the Palestrina Family that extends the Knots Family members.

Here are some quick ways to begin embroidery threads securely, without leaving knots on the back of your work.

Embroidery projects should be knot-free whenever possible. Learn how to start and end an embroidery thread so you don't have permanent knots.

The Four-Legged Knot Stitch is a very easy stand-alone single knot stitch. It looks like a knot in the center of a cross.

How to cast on your thread using a waste knot. This is out of the book I’m writing. I hope it’s helpful. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Stab stitches are by far the most secure way to anchor your threads and are invisible once stitched over. Regular knots will come undone over time and leave the back of the piece untidy. They also form bumps on the front and back of the fabric after the piece has been mounted. Waste Knot: To do it, start by making a large knot at th