Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 190: Ring Knot Stitch

The French Knot (TAST #15) is probably the most well known of all the stitches in the Knot Family.

Then there is the famous Colonial Knot #49 used for candlewick quilting.

We've also looked at Danish Knot #4

Chinese Knot #33

Carina's Knot Stitch #125

Plucked Knot #154

So today it is time for another knotty stitch, Ring Knot Stitch. This stitch I have seen before in a book about Chinese embroidery. According to it there are two versions, a tight one referred to as Chinese Knot. This stitch was used for lesson #33.

The other version is a ring, or loop, anchored by a knot, and we will be learning it today.

Shami, at My Craft Works, has a good tutorial for the loop version. Actually all her stitch tutorials are really professional with clear and easy to follow photos and instructions. Shami also suggests how to use each stitch, and supplies a design. The Ring Knot Stitch is perfect for flowers..

At Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials, another excellent collection of stitches, you will see a joint tutorial for the Chinese Knot and the Ring Knot Stitch. She calls both versions of the stitch Peking Knot

Confused? Is your brain in a knotty tangle?

Here they all are:

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Updated to clarify the instructions.

Make the Ring Knot Stitch like this:

Wrap the thread around the needle.

Insert the needle just above the exit,

without tightening the thread

into a tight knot. Instead make a loop.

Flip the loop over.

Press down on the thread where the red  

star is and pull the working thread 

(yellow arrow) to the size you want the

ring.

Pull the needle through to anchor the

thread.

To make a group of rings,

take the needle out nearby and

repeat.

Aren't they pretty?

Homework:

Add Ring Knots to your samplers.