Tail Catcher

Hi everyone, I'm trying to track down something called a Tail Catcher
- a great little device that allows you to use threads right down to
the end (you know when the needle is too long and you can't end off)
and then you use this device to pull the end through. Can't seem to
find any here in Oz and would love to pick some up when I come to the
States in Sept. Can anyone help please?
Sandy

Sandy Bell ) writes:
Hi everyone, I'm trying to track down something called a Tail Catcher
- a great little device that allows you to use threads right down to
the end (you know when the needle is too long and you can't end off)
and then you use this device to pull the end through. Can't seem to
find any here in Oz and would love to pick some up when I come to the
States in Sept. Can anyone help please?
Sandy

Cant help you with anything special. Two techniques which do the same
sort of thing. Push the needle eye first. Use a length of ordinary thread
in a loop. You need to ensure the thread you are trying to finish off is
only just inside the loop (Difficult to explain. Easy to show) HTH. JIm.

On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:31:12 -0700 (PDT), Sandy Bell
wrote:

Hi everyone, I'm trying to track down something called a Tail Catcher
- a great little device that allows you to use threads right down to
the end (you know when the needle is too long and you can't end off)
and then you use this device to pull the end through. Can't seem to
find any here in Oz and would love to pick some up when I come to the
States in Sept. Can anyone help please?
Sandy


Nordic Needle has these. There's also the star de-tailer which is
cheaper. Have a look at the ones on NN's site so you'll know what to
ask for at any LNS you'll be in over here.

Sara

Sandy Bell wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm trying to track down something called a Tail Catcher
- a great little device that allows you to use threads right down to
the end (you know when the needle is too long and you can't end off)
and then you use this device to pull the end through. Can't seem to
find any here in Oz and would love to pick some up when I come to the
States in Sept. Can anyone help please?
Sandy

I have several of these handy little things. I believe the original
one was called a DoLolly. There are two parts with fancy filigree tops
connected by a fine chain. One side has the thin wire loop that you run
under the back of several stitches until a bit of the loop sticks out of
the stitches. The other part is a little hook that you put through the
metal loop and then use to pull your fiber tail end through the metal
loop. Then you pull the metal loop *with* the tail end of you fiber
back through the backs of the stitches and VOILA, you have ended your
fiber nice and neatly. For this little gadget, I paid about $25 about 8
years ago. I'm not sure if the ones that NN carries are still called a
DoLolly, but they work just the same and, by now, are more expensive I
think :-))).
All of that being said, the Star Detailer mentioned by Sara does
exactly the same thing and it's only about $5! There's only one piece
-- a a pretty opalescent little plastic star with a nice long metal loop
attached. Once the loop is through the backs of your stitches, you need
to use your fingers to put the fiber tail through the loop.
As Jim said, when in a pinch, a regular old length of sewing thread
works a treat. You take a length of thread, fold it in half and thread
the loose ends through your needle making sure that the loop end hangs
below the loose ends. Run the needle and thread under the back of your
stitches making sure you start at the fiber tail that you want to hide.
DO NOT pull the loop through -- when you get the sewing thread loop
end close to the fiber tail, loosely pull the fiber tail through the
loop. Now you gently keep pulling the sewing thread through your stitch
backs, dragging the fiber tail along with the loop. Pull it all the way
through and your fiber tail is hidden and the sewing thread pulls off
your fiber as you pull the needle and thread from under your stitches!
Of course, if you want to give one of these gadgets to a friend as a
gift, then a length of sewing thread and a needle just doesn't have the
same punch -- LOLOL! Any LNS with it's salt should have either a brand
of DoLolly or the Star Detailer. I have a thread hider that had bone
kitties on both pieces and another one that is just the one piece with a
jade kitty instead of a star at the top. Needless to say, you pay a lot
more for these than you do the regular plastic or metal topped ones!!
CiaoMeow ^;;^

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their whiskers!
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On 4/14/2010 1:31 AM, Sandy Bell wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm trying to track down something called a Tail Catcher
- a great little device that allows you to use threads right down to
the end (you know when the needle is too long and you can't end off)
and then you use this device to pull the end through. Can't seem to
find any here in Oz and would love to pick some up when I come to the
States in Sept. Can anyone help please?
Sandy

I have a friend who makes these and sells them at out LNS for about
US$6. Not sure if they will ship to Oz, though. Beaded wire loop - one
long end and a shorter end for threading a needle, if you want. we call
them Fiber Hiders.

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"Sandy Bell" wrote in message
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Hi everyone, I'm trying to track down something called a Tail Catcher
- a great little device that allows you to use threads right down to
the end (you know when the needle is too long and you can't end off)
and then you use this device to pull the end through. Can't seem to
find any here in Oz and would love to pick some up when I come to the
States in Sept. Can anyone help please?
Sandy

I use a very small steel crochet hook like a US 12 . works for me.

Donna in S. IN

On 14 Apr., 07:31, Sandy Bell wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm trying to track down something called a Tail Catcher
- a great little device that allows you to use threads right down to
the end (you know when the needle is too long and you can't end off)
and then you use this device to pull the end through. *Can't seem to
find any here in Oz and would love to pick some up when I come to the
States in Sept. *Can anyone help please?
Sandy

Are these the ones you are looking for:
http://www.craftersbasket.com/knitti...e/cat_12.html?
I can get them where i work.

On 4/14/10 9:02 AM, in article ,
"Magic Mood Jeep" wrote:

On 4/14/2010 1:31 AM, Sandy Bell wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm trying to track down something called a Tail Catcher
- a great little device that allows you to use threads right down to
the end (you know when the needle is too long and you can't end off)
and then you use this device to pull the end through. Can't seem to
find any here in Oz and would love to pick some up when I come to the
States in Sept. Can anyone help please?
Sandy

I have a friend who makes these and sells them at out LNS for about
US$6. Not sure if they will ship to Oz, though. Beaded wire loop - one
long end and a shorter end for threading a needle, if you want. we call
them Fiber Hiders.


And where can I buy one!

Cheryl

On 4/14/10 1:31 AM, in article
, "Sandy
Bell" wrote:

Hi everyone, I'm trying to track down something called a Tail Catcher
- a great little device that allows you to use threads right down to
the end (you know when the needle is too long and you can't end off)
and then you use this device to pull the end through. Can't seem to
find any here in Oz and would love to pick some up when I come to the
States in Sept. Can anyone help please?
Sandy


How about I nab a Star Detailer at Celebrations and mail it to you

Donna McIntosh wrote:


I use a very small steel crochet hook like a US 12 . works for me.

Donna in S. IN


Same here. works a treat and easy to find in my tool kit.
Ruby