Tutorials and videos illustrate how to do a Colonial Knot.
Excellent video on how to do a Colonial Knot from Needle N Thread.
Photos are used to illustrate how to do the Colonial Knot.
Another excellent tutorial from Sharon B - this time, she explains how to do a Colonial Knot.
According to Sarah, the colonial knot looks pretty much like the French knot, but is made using a different method. It is also called the Figure 8 knot.
Get a "thread-u-cation" from Laura Wasilowski and learn how easy it is to stitch a colonial knot.