“Now for the Frenchies,” laughed Margaret when all the flower petals were done. “I wonder what time it’s getting to be.”
Just then the big grandfather clock downstairs in the hall struck five.
“I’ll have time to start the centers before it’s time to wash my hands and face and brush my hair for dinner. I wish I had the time with me then I wouldn’t always be running round looking at clocks,” sighed Margaret.
She harnessed Embroiderer with yellow, and made a knot in one end of the thread as the King told her to do.
“All ready,” said Sir Bodkin.
French Knots
“Yes, Your Majesty,” answered the Fairy and stepped up through the cloth from the wrong side to the right side in the flower center. Margaret pulled the cotton through, the knot holding it fast and the Fairy sang:
“While you hold me in your right hand,
And to left I point my toe;