Post 3158987 by Jo@social.diskseven.com
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 (DIR) Post #3158743 by Jo@social.diskseven.com
       2019-01-19T21:26:02Z
       
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       Why the hell can I not sew anything without the thread being inexplicably tangled up?Seriously, what the fuck?
       
 (DIR) Post #3158744 by bird@nulled.red
       2019-01-19T21:36:28Z
       
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       @Jo keep your thread shorter and just thread it more often. should help
       
 (DIR) Post #3158871 by Jo@social.diskseven.com
       2019-01-19T21:40:16Z
       
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       @bird Even when I'm sewing a long-ass section? :blobtilt:
       
 (DIR) Post #3158885 by bird@nulled.red
       2019-01-19T21:41:02Z
       
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       @Jo yep! i was taught that by my grandma, you don't need to use one thread for the whole section
       
 (DIR) Post #3158987 by Jo@social.diskseven.com
       2019-01-19T21:43:29Z
       
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       @bird Ah, fair enough, thanks. ::blobsmilesweat:
       
 (DIR) Post #3201472 by clew@octodon.social
       2019-01-20T22:50:40Z
       
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       @Jo @bird My grandmother used to say ``A long thread for a lazy seamstress, and more trouble than it's worth". Short enough that you don't have to straighten your elbow to draw it through, she said, if doing very fine work. Which is pretty short. The kinder, more modern phrasing is from the Alabama Chanin workshops who talk about ``loving the thread" -- smoothing it out when you thread the needle and before you take one stitch.
       
 (DIR) Post #3201473 by bird@nulled.red
       2019-01-20T23:33:20Z
       
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       @clew @Jo that's really interesting and well said 👍