Serviettenapkin Chic Knot Food

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN, DRAMATIC FAN

Steps:

• Place your serviette flat before you in a square shape.
• Carefully make accordion pleats from the very bottom of the serviette to the very top. You will have before you a long thin rectangular strip of pleated material.
• Starting at one end of the strip, carefully roll it up until you reach the 2/3 mark of the strip.
• Lay the spiral shape down so that it sits upright and gently fan out the last section that isn't rolled up.
• Holding the rolled up spiral section firmly, reach into the centre of the spiral and pull it the beginning edge and form it into a a small peak in the center.
• Arrange the serviette on a plate for dramatic effect.

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN, CHIC KNOT

Steps:

• Lay your serviette out before you in a square shape.
• Take the bottom left and bottom right corners and fold them up to meet the top left and top right corners.You should have before you a rectangle with a crease at the bottom.
• Take the bottom left and bottom right corners and fold them halfway up the serviette, so that it meets the horizontal centre line in the middle if the rectangle.
• Bring the top let and right corners to the center as well, and now you should have before you a long thin rectangle with a horizontal gap running across it.
• Carefully fold this strip in half ( lengthwise) again, so that it it is now a very narrow strip.
• Place your finger slightly off center at the top of the strip and take the right edge of the strip with your other hand and fold it downwards so that a short centre line is created in the middle of the strip and the rest hangs down below.
• Now take the left edge and turn it backwards and down underneath itself so that the two ends are parallel at the bottom.
• Now take the left end again and twist it under itself again so that the loose flap points out in the opposite direction of the first flap. I found that a little loosening of the knot was necessary and a small amount of rearrangement needed so that both ends of the serviette were more or less the same length.
• This produces a very chic knot, great for both formal and informal settings.

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN FOLDING, EASY HEART ( SUITS PAPER WELL)

Steps:

• Lay your serviette square out flat before you in the shape of the square.
• Fold the bottom left and right corners up to meet the top left and right corners so that you now have a rectangle shape with the crease at the bottom.
• Place your finger in the center of the bottom crease and with your other hand bring the bottom right corner of the serviette over so that the corner is between half and two thirds along the top line of the rectangle on the left.
• Now take the bottom left corner and fold it over so that the point and (what was) the bottom side are lined up with the outside right edge.
• The end result is a lovely and very simple heart shape that you can present flat on a plate.

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN, FROM THE HEART

Steps:

• Lay your serviette out flat before you in a square.
• Take the top left and top right corners and fold them down to meet the bottom right and bottom left corners. You should have before you a rectangle with the crease at the top.
• Now take the bottom left and bottom right corners and bring them up to meet the top left and top right corners. you should have before you a long thin rectangle.
• Take the narrow edge at the right and fold it upwards along the center line of the serviette so that the end sticks out at the top. Repeat with the left narrow edge and you should have before you a shape that is square at the top and pointed downwards at the bottom.
• Take the top right corner and fold it under so make a cut off top on the right side.
• Repeat with the top left corner so that it looks like both the top corners are missing.
• Now go to the join in the center top of the serviette and take the left loose edge and carefully fold it under itself. Repeat with the right loose edge in the centre of the serviette and hey Presto! a Heart shape appears ! Place flat on the plate of someone you love.

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN FOLDING, TIED IN A LOOSE KNOT.

Steps:

• Lay your serviette square out flat before you in a diamond shape.
• Fold the North point of the diamond down to meet the South point of the diamond. You will now have a triangle shape that's pointing downwards.
• Take hold of the South points and start rolling them up towards the North point, stopping fractionally short of the crease at the top.
• Loop the right hand end over the left hand end, pull the right hand end though the resulting hole to form a loose knot.
• Don't pull the knot too tight, just enough to be pleasing and informal.