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Posted on: 2/16/05 6:32 AM ET
Hi everyone,

I need some help, I'm finding my twin needle stitching is unravelling.

What I have been doing on hems is starting the stitching at the side seam and when I come around again going over it a little. Then I pull the threads through to the back & tie off.
THe woolly nylon doesn't seem to like the way I tie off, because it escapes & then the stitching unravels.

I've tried something different on the last thing I made so hopefully that will work better (using the secure threads button on my SM).

What do you all do?

Mel

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Mel (Melbourne, Australia)
  
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Posted on: 2/16/05 7:39 AM ET
i tie off (however, i don't use wooly nylon. it's scratchy to me). what kind of knot are you doing? i do what is sort of a square knot: have some threads in each hand. then, i do right thread over left, over again. then left thread over right, over again. hold all the threads when pulling the knot tight.

linda
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Linda

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Posted on: 2/16/05 8:27 AM ET
Tie your knot in the threads and then put a dot of seam sealant...the soft kind. This will secure the knot and keep it from becoming loose again. I have had trouble keeping nylong laces tied....triple knots and still one will come undone!
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Posted on: 2/16/05 8:44 AM ET
I do exactly as mamafitz does. I've found it's important to cross the threads over in one direction first, then the oposite, then the oposite again. The knot stays square this way. I do use wooly nylon and I just make sure to leave all the ends long to include all three in the knot.
  
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Posted on: 2/17/05 4:53 AM ET
Thanks everyone! I will try the square knot (I don't know what I was doing, so I'll pay more attention) & I know I have some fray-check somewhere.

Mel
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