I don't have any experience with this and wonder if anyone has asked Bart
and Francis if they have any recommendations on how to finish off the knots.
Malvary in Ottawa where it is a lovely sunny day, so different from last
weekend when the area was hit by 6 tornadoes.
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Hi Liz:
If you’ve done Japanese embroidery and have finished it with wheat paste, then
you will know whether or not the paste will show. It might depend on the colour
of thread you’ve used. Even clear glue will make a noticeable dark spot on the
thread; I don’t think wheat paste will do that.
I usually darn the ends in with silk, after the following knot:
1 right over left and under; right over left and under (ie two wraps here)
2 left over right and under
then sometimes step 3 too: a further right over left and under
Glue can show on silk, because it seems to be absorb even a
I have a question about the best way to secure knots in silk thread?
I have just finished a piece from the "Into a Circle" pattern pack using Bart
and Francis flat silk thread. I have done the sewings and tied a surgeons
knot. I have not cut off the bobbins yet and I can see that some of the
