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Sunday, 6 March 2022

Crochet / How to Knot single Fringes - simple and double knots - Tutorial for Beginners

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Knotting Fringes - Single Fringe Simple Knot and Single Fringe Double Knot / Tutorial for Beginners

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The single fringe can be 1,2,3 or even more threads, depending on the thickness of the yarn and your taste

Don’t worry, both methods are ‘simple’ 😅 to do!!

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The light lately was not right for Cardigan No. 4 / the ‘Variegated Brickwork’ - having arrived at the all-dark part, I need good natural light to see where I put my stitches, otherwise I have to sit directly under a strong lightbulb.

So I encouraged myself to finish the ‘Houndstooth’ - after all, it only needed the sleeves to be put on, and some added fringes.

About the sleeves I will do a Blog in the future in my Houndstooth Diary, but I thought you might be interested how to knot fringes, if you never have done it before.

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First of all you have to determine how long you want them to be.

Then find a piece of cardboard or any other stiff flat sheet that is 1/2 to 1cm larger than you want your fringe length

Wrap around the yarn several times - not too many, and always one round exactly near the next, and not overlapping (a bigger distance and overlapping will give you longer pieces of yarn - but, as in the end you have to trim the fringes anyway, this does not really matter, except that if you do it carefully you will save some yarn).

Cut all threads at the point where you started to wrap

See pictures 1) and 2)

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Please note that multiple strands of thick yarn and many strands of thinner yarn together could result in the simple knot undoing itself easily; and the double knot being aesthetically not pleasant.

You have to try out for yourself, but if you like very plushy multi-strand fringes, consider to sew them to the fabric after having them done.

If you intend to machine-wash your item or bring it to the dry-cleaner’s, the single fringe simple knot is not suited!!

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Single Fringe Simple Knot

Put a not too big hook - but still enough to catch all of the yarn pieces together) through one (if you work with fine yarn and 1- or 2-thread fringes) or two loops of the crocheted fabric exactly where you want to place the fringe.

Take as many pieces of yarn as you wish one fringe to have, and bend them in the middle.

Catch the bend with your hook and pull it through the loop(s), creating a new loop

Catch the now doubled up yarn ends and pull them through your created loop

Pull tight

See pictures….

If the knot becomes loose again after you had pulled it tight, chance is you did it on too many threads of the fabric - take it out and do it again on less threads - or use single fringe double knot method

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Single Fringe Double Knot

Make a single fringe simple knot, but don’t pull it tight

Put your hook into the loop from the side of the fringe end versus the fabric

Catch the fringe threads and pull them through

Pull tight, pushing the knot with your fingernails against the fabric while you pull at the ends

See pictures ……

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I really enjoy fringed crochet and knitted items - if not for the fringes themselves, for the fact that I frequently do very colourful pieces, and the best method to not to have to weave the loose ends in is leaving them be and eventually integrate them.

If you do so as well, take care to always use the most sophisticated edge stitch methods in order to prevent the garment from ripping itself.

1) Find a piece of cardboard or any other stiff flat sheet that is 1/2 to 1cm larger than you want your fringe length

2) Cut all threads at the point where you started to wrap

3) Put a not too big hook - but still enough to catch all of the yarn pieces together - through one (if you work with fine yarn and 1- or 2-thread fringes) or two loops of the crocheted fabric exactly where you want to place the fringe

4) Take as many pieces of yarn as you wish one fringe to have, and bend them in the middle

5) Catch the bend with your hook and pull it through the loop(s)

6) creating a new loop

7) Catch the now doubled up yarn ends and pull them through your created loop

8) Pull tight

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