I have never tied a thread to the needle.
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msbelle - Mar 31, 2017 6:06:08 pm PDT #9257 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
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
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
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!
Kate P. - Mar 31, 2017 6:18:18 pm PDT #9264 of 30002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Doesn't a knot leave a hole bigger than the needle in the fabric?
I see what you mean, but it's not a big knot -- I've never had a problem doing it this way.
The double thread way makes sense to me too, now that I know about it, but I would never have thought of that on my own.
Kate P. - Mar 31, 2017 6:19:36 pm PDT #9265 of 30002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Also, to be clear, I sew maybe a few buttons or a hem or two every year. I'm hardly very practiced at this!
Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2017 6:25:29 pm PDT #9266 of 30002
brillig
I don't remember where I learned how to thread a needle, maybe back in my 4-H days when I was a kid. I won a blue ribbon at the county fair for one of my projects! (I kept that ribbon for a very long time)