Do you mean do I use a needle tool to create a knot? (Needles are not for knotting. They are for getting a bead onto the line. The needles I mostly use I make myself from 34 gauge wire.)

If you meant to ask if I use a tool to make a knot, the answer is no. I believe the best tools are your hands--and that when you use an unnecessary tool you remove yourself a step from the work. I have nothing against anyone else using a tool, but I think it's a crutch, and I teach people to knot without one.

Knotting is not difficult--though silk thread demands its own set of requisites. You just have to learn the right way to do it. And, the work can be very repetitive and boring--and you can't lose concentration, because if one knot is wrong the whole necklace is a failure. So it demands patience and perseverance.

Jamey