I wrote four feet long :-)

marcella
I write enough typos without getting teased for made up ones ;-)

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"dogmom" wrote:

Um...it wasn't *four* feet! After all, I only have 2 feet!

Dogmom, looking sheepishly down at her feet....
"Marcella Peek" wrote in message
...
Sorry you are frustrated!

You don't need to use a teeny needle, so don't kill yourself with a itty
bitty eye; especially since you have new glasses. A bigger needle is
fine!

Sometimes knots are a problem when people cut reeeeaaaalllllyyyyy
lllloooonnnngggg pieces of thread because they don't want to have to
thread the needle too often. Is your thread about 14-18 inches? If
it's longer ( and I swear I've had students who cut it 4 feet long and
not only wear out their shoulder and put their neighbor in danger of
being poked, but get tons of knots and wonder why) you are likely to get
knots and have your thread fray from all the wear.

marcella

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"dogmom" wrote:

I hope the dogs don't step on the needle that I threw across the room
(followed shortly by my glasses) when my Coats and Clark's all-purpose
thread tangled and knotted for the 2nd time in 5 minutes while I was
stealthily sewing binding on a WUH for DH, tryin' to get it done before
he
suddenly emerged from a nap.

It's knot fair! My nerves are frayed! Seems whether sewing binding or
just
hemming a skirt my thread (always AP Coats/Clark, using the smallest
needle
I can thread--is that part of the problem?) tangles every 6 - 8 stitch;
the
end is frayed so I keep cutting it off (are my scissors dull?) and after
a
while I think I should maybe--no! no housework. But it is really
annoying!
I've been trying to get used to a new pair of glasses, too--progressive
lenses, so I"m switching between them and 2 other pairs which means after
a
while I can't see s*** with nothin'! Never did find that needle.

Advice as always greatly appreciated.

Dogmom