On 31 Jul 2005, at 05:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know. I only know that the spools are *designed* for use in
sewing machines and so the thread has to be used as it comes off the
spool. Therefore, use it as it comes off the spool for handsewing.
OK, so you thread the leading end of thread into the needle. Do you
then pull a small part of the cut piece of thread through the eye or do
you pull 3/4 of it through? and what about if you are going to use the
thread double?
There are a variety of spool shapes around and they all seem to work on
sewing machines because the spool is free to rotate on the spindle. I
think that what matters is that the thread comes off the spool, through
the needle and into the stitch without being twisted/untwisted, the
same reason that BL bobbins should be wound by rolling the bobbin onto
the thread and not by wrapping the thread around the bobbin.
Brenda
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk
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