Thank you to a few people who have answered this one for me in various ways.
I have chosen this email and the group to answer this morning to let you
know that the 'crisis is over'.
I was using Broder Machine 50 which is quite fine (although not as fine as
many of you use). It is the same
G'day Friends,
Sue, I was also about to say try threading the needle from the other end of
the thread.
Liz, I'd forgotten that trick because I never do it myself. However,
I do distinctly recall learning it back in '75 when a tapestry
teacher was looking at my work. She stressed how
Dear Jeri.
This is something I never thought before. I used to contemplate the
twist of the thread when winding bobbins, not when sewing...
A big thank you again, your knowing and help to this list is invaluable.
Kind regards from a sunny and very hot Barcelona, Spain
Carolina de la Guardia
At 07:01 AM 30/08/2014, Clay Blackwell wrote:
Sue,
I always give one twist with each stitch and that should stop it
either knotting or unravelling. The trick is to figure out which way
to twist and then to be consistent.
David in Ballarat, AUS
I am sewing two pieces of lace together
I get the digest, so am always a bit behind times!
Sue, I was also about to say try threading the needle from the other end of
the thread. I learned that trick with Catherine Barley, when she was over
here, and I was struggling with some Brok thread (I think it was.)
Threading from the other end
I am sewing two pieces of lace together using the same thread as I made the
lace with. Broder machine 50 and it keeps knotting although so far i have
managed to undo it. Is there a knack to is, ie maybe is there a way the
thread needs to be use?
Sue T
Dorset UK
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Hi Sue
Are you right handed?
In the same way that some lacemakers don’t get on with Z twisted thread for BL,
a lot of right handed stitchers find that they have problems with Z twist
threads because of the way they handle the sewing needle causing the thread to
over twist and thus curl up
Sue, I have seen the same thing happen in embroidery and needlepoint. One
solution is to periodically drop the needle and allow the thread to untwist
itself before continuing.
Clay
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On Aug 29, 2014, at 3:39 PM, Sue su...@talktalk.net wrote:
I am sewing two pieces of lace
Dear Sue,
Not sure, but it is possible you are sewing against the grain of the
thread. Have you tried threading your needle from the other end of the
thread?
You may remember that Barbara Ballantyne, the Australian crochet expert,
and I wrote a lot about thread problems at the time
