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How To Make a Knot

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Making A Knot

Learn to Make a Knot

By Tracy Lambert

Anyone can make a knot by following these easy steps.

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Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 1 minute

Here's How:

  1. To make a knot, thread your needle and hold it with the eye between your thumb and finger.

  2. Take the tail in your left hand and bring it over the needle and hold it in place with your right hand.

  3. Using your left hand, loop the thread around the needle a few times and slide the loops off the needle towards and then off the end of the needle with the eye.

  4. Pull knot to end of thread and tighten.

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