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How to Draw a Garlic Knot
Draw a garlic knot in 11 easy steps, about 8 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the loop.
Step 1: The loop
Draw a fat sausage curled almost into a ring, like a big letter C with round ends.
Tip Garlic knots are ropes of dough tied in a knot.
Step 2: The end on top
Start inside the loop on its left. Draw a fat finger across the hole and over the right side.
Step 3: The end underneath
Join the loop's bottom end to its top end. Then draw a round end peeking out past it.
Step 4: Herb flecks
Draw 6 tiny tilted ovals scattered on the knot for flecks of garlic and parsley.
Step 5: A plate
Round the knot draw a big oval plate, wide enough for the whole knot to sit inside it.
Step 6: The rim
Draw a second oval a finger inside the plate for the rim. Keep it clear of the knot.
Step 7: Steam
Above the plate draw 2 wiggly steam lines going up.
Step 8: The table
Draw a table line under the plate from well left to well right, just touching its bottom.
Step 9: Tan dough
Colour all the dough tan, around the flecks.
Step 10: Green flecks
Colour the 6 flecks green.
Step 11: Blue plate
Colour the plate light blue, around the knot and in the gaps inside it. Your garlic knot is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a garlic knot, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
