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On Apr 15, 5:15*am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
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 You are a sweetheart Cheryl, would love that. I'll email you my address and in return anything I can send you from Oz? Sandy |
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On Apr 15, 8:53*am, Ruby wrote:
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 Thanks Ruby, I'll also check that out here. Sandy |
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On Apr 14, 11:02*pm, 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. -- * ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) comcast (dot) nethttp://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep Yes please! I can do my Christmas shopping at one time! Can you check if your friend would ship some here - could open a whole new market up, 'cos stitchers here would fall in love with it!! Sandy |
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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 Where in the States will you be visiting? If we know that, we can help you with LNS locations. I'm sure there are lots of us here who would be willing to send you any sort of thread catcher -- me included. I thought you wanted to shop for them yourself but would be happy to send you one or two or forty-seven :-). CiaoMeow ^;;^ PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary |
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Sandy Bell wrote:
Thanks Ruby, I'll also check that out here. Sandy The one I use is a very fine one, cant imagine crocheting with it. Many times though I simply slip my needle under a few stitches and then thread the end into it and pull it through. (when I am too lazy to paw through my tool kit. LOL!) Good luck. my problem has always been that I tend to cut more floss than I need for a particular area so tend to be floss wasteful. what I really need is a magician to make all those thread pieces one whole piece. Ha!) ruby |
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Karen C - Calif ) writes:
Ruby wrote: my problem has always been that I tend to cut more floss than I need for a particular area so tend to be floss wasteful. Rough figures, you will get one inch of completed Xs from 5" of floss. So if you're working on 14-count fabric, you'll need 5" of stitchable length for 14 stitches, 10" for 28 stitches, 20" for 56 stitches. Add on your own fudge factor for starting and ending (since some of us start with a scant 1/4" caught under the current stitching and others waste 4" on an away waste knot). Obviously, that's 5" of floss for an inch of stitches all in one block. If you're doing onesie-twosies scattered over 10 square inches of fabric, that's a whole 'nother calculation. -- Karen C - California Putting this another way, you can get approximately 1800 stitches from an 8 meter skein of floss at 14 and 16 stitches to the inch. You will get more if stitches are close together in the pattern, and less if they are widely scattered. Jim. |
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On Apr 15, 11:30*pm, Tia Mary wrote:
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 * * Where in the States will you be visiting? *If we know that, we can help you with LNS locations. *I'm sure there are lots of us here who would be willing to send you any sort of thread catcher -- me included. * I thought you wanted to shop for them yourself but would be happy to send you one or two or forty-seven :-). *CiaoMeow ^;;^ PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ * (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at *http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary Tia Mary, will be in San Francisco then Chicago (my home town) before returning to Oz. Would love to shop for special thread catchers if anyone can tell me where to find them once I'm there. Cheryl has kindly offered to send a Star Detailer so that will do until I come over. Sandy |
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