OK, I was talking to my mother today about sewing, and I said something about tying the thread to the needle once you put it through the eye, and she looked at me like I had said something so crazy she wasn't even sure she understood it. Is this not a thing that other people do when they're sewing? Or is she the crazy one for not tying her thread to the needle?
Maybe I've always been here.
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Kate P. - Mar 31, 2017 5:47:47 pm PDT #9254 of 30002
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meara - Mar 31, 2017 6:00:18 pm PDT #9255 of 30002
I....have never done that. Though I also don't do a ton of hand sewing?
Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2017 6:03:43 pm PDT #9256 of 30002
brillig
How do you tie a thread to the needle?
msbelle - Mar 31, 2017 6:06:08 pm PDT #9257 of 30002
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I have never tied a thread to the needle.
Kate P. - Mar 31, 2017 6:08:26 pm PDT #9258 of 30002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
WHAT. How do you keep the thread on the needle, then? Wouldn't it just slip out after every stitch? (And where did I learn to do it this way, if nobody else sews like this?)
Dana - Mar 31, 2017 6:10:22 pm PDT #9259 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I never did much in the way of sewing, but I'm pretty sure my husband ties the thread on the needle.
msbelle - Mar 31, 2017 6:10:50 pm PDT #9260 of 30002
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you thread it through the eye and leave a tail.
aurelia - Mar 31, 2017 6:14:23 pm PDT #9261 of 30002
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Yeah, if you leave the tail long enough it won't slip out. Doesn't a knot leave a hole bigger than the needle in the fabric?
Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2017 6:14:44 pm PDT #9262 of 30002
brillig
I put a thread double the length I need through the eye so the needle is the middle of the thread and I'm sewing with a double thread. If I'm lazy I'll tie the ends in a knot so I don't have to be careful when I'm pulling it through the cloth on the first stitch.
Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2017 6:15:49 pm PDT #9263 of 30002
brillig
Adventures in hand stitching!