Bring your needle up at 1, pull the thread through, then hold your needle along the surface of the fabric close to 1 (if you are right-handed, hold it in place with your left hand). Holding the thread in your right hand wrap it two or more times around the needle a little below the point. Move your left thumb to sit over the needle and wrapped thread and with your right hand gently pull the needle and thread through the wrap using your thumb nail to keep the wrap close to the surface of the fabric. Once you have pulled your thread right through you should have a small-ish knot on the surface of the fabric at the end of your stitching thread. Now take your needle back down as close to 1 as possible and pull it right through leaving the knot sitting on the fabric above.
Making knots is all about keeping an even tension, and it really is important to keep practicing.
Please note, this is not the official or recognised way of making a French Knot. It is the way I taught myself, and although I have since been taught the “proper” way, I still find this easier to coordinate!
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