Stitch School Bullion Knot

The Bullion Knot & Bullion Loop

You will need a hoop and fabric I have used a 28 count linen for this. Its always best and rule of thumb to have you hoop bound around the bottom with tape to protect your work. You should lay tissue paper over the inside edge to protect your work at the top but for this I will not . Remember to pull all six strands of cotton apart and put back together the amount you want to use, this will help them to lay straight.

The best needle to use for a bullion knot is a  Milliners Straw needle as it is the same size from top to bottom. This means you thread will glide down smoothly. The size knot that you will make will be determined by the amount of stranded cotton you use for thickness also by length of you stitch. (where you come up and go down to begin). I used two strands of thread here.

Milliners Straw's

Lay your fabric in the hoop and pull and tighten the hoop until it makes a drum sound , you are ready to stitch.  Bring the needle up at A now go down at B. This is the point where the length of this stitch will be the length of the bullion knot.. On making the next stitch do not take the needle out of the fabric all of the way, just put the head of the needle out at  C. 

Now wrap the head of the needle with the stranded cotton but keep it in the fabric, you can move the needle along bit by bit. I have wrapped the thread around here 8 times.

     

Now you have wrapped your thread hold down the knot lightly and gently pull the needle all the way through easing your thread over it and as it comes through at the end gently pull all the way through.

Your first Bullion Knot

A Larger Knot in Blue with Six strands of thread.

I have left a bigger distance between A and B this time.

I have used six strands of cotton and wrapped it 14 times.

THE FINISHED KNOT

BULLION LOOPS

THE BULLION LOOP IS MADE IN THE SAME WAY AS THE KNOT BUT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN IS SMALL AND THE AMOUNT YOU WRAP WILL MAKE THE LOOP. 

THIS HAS BEEN WRAPPED 35 TIMES

FOLDED OVER AND THE NEEDLE PASSED BACK DOWN THROUGH THE CLOTH

THE BULLION LOOP CAN BE USED TO MAKE FLOWER PETALS,  EDGING AND LOTS MORE

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO STITCH WITH ME I DO HOPE THIS WILL HELP .
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION PLEASE ASK.
MELL'S ♥