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Member since 9/14/07
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Posted on: 9/14/07 9:47 PM ET
I was looking at a pattern and i wanted to know how to double thread on a machine and when hand sewing. thanks for the help.
  
Member since 2/17/03
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Posted on: 9/14/07 11:20 PM ET
In reply to Nisecat
I'm not sure I know what you mean when you say "double thread". Are you talking about a twin needle - one thread in each needle???

In hand sewing, I use a strand of thread through the eye of the needle and then tie the two ends together (double thread????)

Could you give us a better description of what you are talking about????
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Posted on: 9/15/07 8:02 AM ET
Like Mary said, maybe you mean that you want to use a twin needle [this has one post that holds two needles], which uses two spools of thread on top of your machine.

Or...if I was going to use two threads in my machine [for decorative purpose?], I'd use two spools of thread on top of my machine, and thread them both through the machine together. I'd also use a topstitching needle, so the eye of the needle would be big enough to hold them both. Then use a needle threader to get them both through the eye, at the same time.

When hand sewing, you sometimes use a single thread, sometimes a double. For a single, you thread the needle and knot only one end. For doubled, you hold both of the ends together, and then knot them together.

HTH :)
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Ardis

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