Dear Sue and Ilse Now, I don't put too much on any more but rather add when required. A very small knot is hardly noticed in larger pieces.
As a rule I put 4 times the length of the pricking, but still often do too much. However, I would never knot an added thread - simply work double for a few centimeters. That doesn't show either.
One thing I was thinking about today as I wound 100 pairs: are we all obsessive "counters" or is it just me? After I've wound the first pair I will know how many turns to make - today it was 120. But when I wind the second bobbin of the pair I still count it every time, just to see how accurate I was in pulling the right amount of thread off the reel. I can't stop - just HAVE to count.
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