To Knot or Not to Knot
02-12-2010, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by liblueeyes
To do the end knot I take the needle and wrap thread twice around it - like doing a french knot- and then go back through the hole where the thread is coming from and come up about inch away. Then just pop that knot through and clip your thread.
Hope that makes sense.
Hope that makes sense.
02-12-2010, 11:33 PM
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Now that you know how to knot, do you also know how to keep the thread on the needle???? After threading the needle, take the short end that you just used to thread the needle and put your needle THROUGH the center of the strand of thread about an inch or two away from the end and pull the needle all the way through that thread. (Sometimes it tales a while to get the needle lined up to go through the thread, but it is worth it as you are less apt to lose the needle, or have the thread come out of the needle when you don't want it to.. Then knot the other end of your thread and you are ready to sew. To remove the thread from the needle, pull on the short piece of thread. try it, you might like it. :) :)
02-13-2010, 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Janis
Now that you know how to knot, do you also know how to keep the thread on the needle???? After threading the needle, take the short end that you just used to thread the needle and put your needle THROUGH the center of the strand of thread about an inch or two away from the end and pull the needle all the way through that thread. (Sometimes it tales a while to get the needle lined up to go through the thread, but it is worth it as you are less apt to lose the needle, or have the thread come out of the needle when you don't want it to.. Then knot the other end of your thread and you are ready to sew. To remove the thread from the needle, pull on the short piece of thread. try it, you might like it. :) :)
02-13-2010, 06:28 AM
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LindaR, I think you'll like it. I hate for a needle to come unthreaded when I'm sewing, and this saves me from aggravation alot of the time. Sometimes the thread will come out of the needle, but that's when I just get the needle in the side of the thread and not in far enough in the middle of the thread to hold. It helps me keep from losing needles in my pin cushion too, as the thread usually keeps the needle from going in too far and is easier to pull out with the pulling on both threads.
Another tip I like is to go to some place like Auto Zone and get one of their telescoping magnets. I get one of those little ones that guys can carry in their pocket. It's handy if you loose a needle (have done that), drop your scissors or seam ripper, or to pick up pins off the floor (mine drop all the time). It is small but mighty and cost about $3.00. I've seen them lately at Joann's, but there they are about $10.00.
Another tip I like is to go to some place like Auto Zone and get one of their telescoping magnets. I get one of those little ones that guys can carry in their pocket. It's handy if you loose a needle (have done that), drop your scissors or seam ripper, or to pick up pins off the floor (mine drop all the time). It is small but mighty and cost about $3.00. I've seen them lately at Joann's, but there they are about $10.00.
02-13-2010, 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Janis
LindaR, I think you'll like it. I hate for a needle to come unthreaded when I'm sewing, and this saves me from aggravation alot of the time. Sometimes the thread will come out of the needle, but that's when I just get the needle in the side of the thread and not in far enough in the middle of the thread to hold. It helps me keep from losing needles in my pin cushion too, as the thread usually keeps the needle from going in too far and is easier to pull out with the pulling on both threads.
Another tip I like is to go to some place like Auto Zone and get one of their telescoping magnets. I get one of those little ones that guys can carry in their pocket. It's handy if you loose a needle (have done that), drop your scissors or seam ripper, or to pick up pins off the floor (mine drop all the time). It is small but mighty and cost about $3.00. I've seen them lately at Joann's, but there they are about $10.00.
Another tip I like is to go to some place like Auto Zone and get one of their telescoping magnets. I get one of those little ones that guys can carry in their pocket. It's handy if you loose a needle (have done that), drop your scissors or seam ripper, or to pick up pins off the floor (mine drop all the time). It is small but mighty and cost about $3.00. I've seen them lately at Joann's, but there they are about $10.00.
02-16-2010, 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Boston1954
I do now. A long time ago I didn't but Jim gave me a book for Christmas a few years back and it had directions that even I could follow. It shows how to wrap the thread around the needle and when you pull it through, it makes a knot and goes under the fabric. I end all my handquilting like this.
02-16-2010, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Janis
LindaR, I think you'll like it. I hate for a needle to come unthreaded when I'm sewing, and this saves me from aggravation alot of the time. Sometimes the thread will come out of the needle, but that's when I just get the needle in the side of the thread and not in far enough in the middle of the thread to hold. It helps me keep from losing needles in my pin cushion too, as the thread usually keeps the needle from going in too far and is easier to pull out with the pulling on both threads.
Another tip I like is to go to some place like Auto Zone and get one of their telescoping magnets. I get one of those little ones that guys can carry in their pocket. It's handy if you loose a needle (have done that), drop your scissors or seam ripper, or to pick up pins off the floor (mine drop all the time). It is small but mighty and cost about $3.00. I've seen them lately at Joann's, but there they are about $10.00.
Another tip I like is to go to some place like Auto Zone and get one of their telescoping magnets. I get one of those little ones that guys can carry in their pocket. It's handy if you loose a needle (have done that), drop your scissors or seam ripper, or to pick up pins off the floor (mine drop all the time). It is small but mighty and cost about $3.00. I've seen them lately at Joann's, but there they are about $10.00.
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