Step 1. Come up through the fabric, holding the needle with your right hand. Click to enlarge Step 2. Keep the needle in your right hand and hold the thread tightly with your left hand. Click to enlarge Step 3. While you hold the thread, loop it once over and around the needle, pulling it toward you. Click to enlarge Step 4. Keep holding the thread loop tightly against the needle. Put the tip of the needle through the fabric right next to the spot where you came up. Click to enlarge Step 5. Tug on the loop so it stays wrapped snugly around the needle and sits on the fabric. Click to enlarge Step 6. While you hold the loop on the fabric with your thumb, reach under the fabric and pull the needle down through the fabric. Click to enlarge Step 7. As you pull, a French Knot will form on the surface of the fabric! Click to enlarge Here are a few tips for better French Knots: Keep the thread loop tight around the needle. Pull the needle and thread slowly and steadily. When you start to pull, don't stop. Practice makes perfect!