How to Embroider: Four Legged Knot Stitch- Video and Step by Step Tutorial

Four Legged Knot Stitch

The four legged knot is a cross with a knot at the center. It might look simple, but it can add additional texture to your embroidery. Use this DIY video and step-by-step tutorial to learn how to embroider the four legged knot stitch.

What you'll need to create the four legged knot stitch:

• cotton fabric

• embroidery hoop

• embroidery thread

• embroidery needle

• embroidery scissors

Four Legged Knot Stitch Video

Four Legged Knot Stitch Step-by-Step Tutorial

1. The four-legged knot looks like a plus sign or cross with a knot in the center. To start, make a vertical stitch.

2. Next, bring the needle up parallel to the center of the vertical stitch and a short distance away.

3. Lay the thread horizontally across the vertical stitch. Next, coming from the same direction the thread is coming out of the fabric, and bring the needle under the vertical stitch and over the thread laying horizontally.

4. Gently tug so that the wrapped thread is flush with the fabric. Then bring the needle back down into the fabric, complete the horizontal line.

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