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Blanket stitch (handmade or machine-made)
Betty Vereen Hill wrote:
Joy, I know how to thread my machine for twin needles, but for the life of me, I can't comprehend how one uses double threads in the bobbin. The mind reels, LOL. Would you please enlighten me? Thanks for the tips. Betty You don't: you use a single thread and it zigzags between the two top threads. -- Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.katedicey.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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Blanket stitch (handmade or machine-made)
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:23:13 -0400, "Betty Vereen Hill"
wrote: I can't comprehend how one uses double threads in the bobbin. I just wind it from two spools at the same time. Once the threads got out of synch and I had to cut them off the bobbin, but usually there is no problem at all. It's important to tie the ends of the threads in an overhand knot to keep them together. From Rough Sewing, file 026: To wind a bobbin with double thread, thread your machine as for twin needle work as far as the place where the needle path diverges from the bobbin-winder path, then treat the two threads as one from there on. You would expect two threads going through one tension device to wind unevenly, but I've never had any difficulty. After you cut the threads, knot the ends to keep them from getting out of synch -- and further mark this bobbin as being double wound. Since this knot is in the waste thread that will be behind the presser foot when you start sewing, there is no need to cut it off before sewing. [parenthetical remark snipped] When you remove the bobbin from the machine after using it, tie another knot in the ends of the remaining thread. If ever one thread gets a wrap ahead of the other, the two threads will snarl each other and you'll end up cutting them off the bobbin. (A seam ripper is convenient for this procedure.) If your machine doesn't have two spool pins, you'll have to improvise. I've heard of stacking two bobbins on a single spool pin, but I think it would be easier to put two spools on a knitting needle thrust through a shoe box. ========================================= My thread dispenser is a knitting needle thrust through a box of 3 1/2" x 2 1/4" pinfeed cards. It was cluttering up the sewing room anyway, and I figured it might as well earn its keep. Haven't dispensed thread from it lately, but I still use it to store spare balls of thread. (Since I have to mail-order 100/6 cotton, I get half a dozen balls at a time.) Joy Beeson -- http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ -- needlework http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange joy beeson at comcast dot net / |
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Blanket stitch (handmade or machine-made)
merrow had written this in response to
http://www.sewgirls.com/textiles/Re-...made-1581-.htm : ... the blanket stitch machine... http://store.merrow.com/Model-18E-Me...B001AVPDNW.htm the Folks from Merrow Joy Beeson wrote: On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:23:13 -0400, "Betty Vereen Hill" wrote: I can't comprehend how one uses double threads in the bobbin. I just wind it from two spools at the same time. Once the threads got out of synch and I had to cut them off the bobbin, but usually there is no problem at all. It's important to tie the ends of the threads in an overhand knot to keep them together. From Rough Sewing, file 026: To wind a bobbin with double thread, thread your machine as for twin needle work as far as the place where the needle path diverges from the bobbin-winder path, then treat the two threads as one from there on. You would expect two threads going through one tension device to wind unevenly, but I've never had any difficulty. After you cut the threads, knot the ends to keep them from getting out of synch -- and further mark this bobbin as being double wound. Since this knot is in the waste thread that will be behind the presser foot when you start sewing, there is no need to cut it off before sewing. [parenthetical remark snipped] When you remove the bobbin from the machine after using it, tie another knot in the ends of the remaining thread. If ever one thread gets a wrap ahead of the other, the two threads will snarl each other and you'll end up cutting them off the bobbin. (A seam ripper is convenient for this procedure.) If your machine doesn't have two spool pins, you'll have to improvise. I've heard of stacking two bobbins on a single spool pin, but I think it would be easier to put two spools on a knitting needle thrust through a shoe box. ========================================= My thread dispenser is a knitting needle thrust through a box of 3 1/2" x 2 1/4" pinfeed cards. It was cluttering up the sewing room anyway, and I figured it might as well earn its keep. Haven't dispensed thread from it lately, but I still use it to store spare balls of thread. (Since I have to mail-order 100/6 cotton, I get half a dozen balls at a time.) Joy Beeson ------------------------------------- ##-----------------------------------------------## Delivered via http://www.sewgirls.com/ Sewing Community of the Net Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup - rec.crafts.textiles.sewing - 3612 messages and counting! ##-----------------------------------------------## |
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