How to pull embroidery thread out of a skein without it tangling!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- Before you can even start cross stitching you will need to get from a skein of thread (or floss!) to something you can stitch with.
I'll show you the best way to pull the thread from your skein and then pull out individual strands without it becoming a tangled mess...and it's really simple!
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Thank you! Finally! After years... this will save me so much grief!
You are so very welcome; I'm delighted my video helped you 😊
Thank you so much. I hadn't done embroidery in 30 years & I used to buy floss that was already in lengths so I only had to pull out the individuals which made sense to me. These long skeins were driving me mad. This has saved my sanity.
Well that's just fabulous to know this has been helpful...glad I could save your sanity 😂
Thanks for sacrificing that first skein to show us! 😆 I've been guilty of that - in fact, I'm starting to realise I've developed and kept some very bad habits during 30-odd yrs of cross-stitching.
I still haven't dealt with that skein 😂 I like to say there's no right or wrong way to cross stitch...only the way that's right for you and if that includes 'bad habits' then so be it! If you're having fun then it's all good 😄
I was going to say that too! I have 3 spoiled skeins before I looked up this video.
This video saved my life, I was really going to end it all after dealing with tapestry skeins.
Wow, I'm so glad I could help 😄 Tangly skeins are just the worst 😬
you've just saved me from a ton of detangling! thank you
Yay! So happy my video helped you 😄
As a beginner I love this tutorial! you teach things really well. I cannot learn if I don’t understand why something needs to be done a certain way. So you showing what would happen if done the wrong way THEN the right way is brilliant, and made things clear as water! great teacher
Thank you so much, that's really sweet of you 😊 I'm delighted I made it so clear for you...and yup, I definitely like to understand the why of things not just the how!
Oh my gosh...I've been meaning to look this up for quite a while, just in case there was a hack. I had NO idea it mattered which end you pulled the thread from! I just figured sometimes I got lucky and it didn't get tangled, and sometimes I didn't. THANK YOU! You have saved me so much further frustration!!!
I am so happy that this gave you the answer you needed and hopefully saves you from those pesky tangled skeins 😄
Thank you so much for this, I’ve been cross stitching for a few months now and have tangled/ruined so many skeins 😂 I’m really grateful you made a video on how to do it properly!❤
Yay! I'm so happy you found this helpful and that you hopefully won't have any more tangly skeins 😄
that just changed my life, thank you!!
You're so very welcome 😊
I love your tips! They have saved me so much time and grief.
Thank you! I'm so happy my tips are helping you ☺️
Great! Who would know something like this? Fantastic tip! Thank you 🙏 ❤
Thank you...so glad it was helpful! 😊
Thanks so much. Very helpful. ❤
You're so very welcome 😊
I'd begun to very much dislike leaving my floss in the original skeins for that exact reason. I had no idea that there was a right end to pull from. I'm very excited to begin not disliking the skeins anymore 😅😁
I am sooooo glad this video was helpful because tangled skeins are really just no fun at all. And it's so easy...but only when you know how!
Great video love the tips thank you
You're so welcome 😊
Thank you
Wow..what a great video ! I would have saved a lot of thread if had seen this earlier😂
Thanks so much and I'm glad I've hopefully saved you any more frustration and wasted thread 😄
i really thought i was screwed because i had already wound onto a bobbin and i wanted full length single strands, but nope! you did not steer me wrong!
So happy my video was helpful to you ☺️
Thank u so much! This is really really helpful. I was in such mess with the threads 🤯
I'm so happy this was helpful for you...no more tangled threads for you - yay!! 😄
That's great thank you
You're welcome 😊
Wow thankyou for these great tips - so helpful x
Thank you; it's really lovely to hear you've found my tips helpful 😄
Thank you! This helped a lot❤
Yay!! Glad it was helpful ☺️
Hi Kat, Great advice! now I need to pull individual strands for crochet, and would like them to be full length. Do you have any advice on how to do it?
Thanks in advance!💝
Hey, I'm delighted you found this useful and in fact I have just the answer to your question about pulling out the whole skein as part of another video. If you head to th-cam.com/video/_39SLN9OVe4/w-d-xo.html and timestamp 04:34 you can see me pull out the entire length of thread from the skein. I am now realising it might be helpful for me to clip this out into a separate video but hey, at least it's there for you to see!
@@catkinandlillie Fantastic!!! Thank you so much Kat! Greatly appreciated!❤
Thank u so much!!!
You're welcome 😊
is there a tutorial on how to fix the skein of tangled thread? mine ended up like the first one
Oh no...sorry you had the tangly skein experience 😬 I'm afraid I don't have a tutorial on how to untangle it but you have 2 options... carefully pick at it to untangle it or just cut the tangle out and discard it then use the rest. It depends how much patience and time you have 😂
Thanks so much for the helpful video! Wish I found it sooner lol. Do you know if there is a way to fix tangled skeins?
You're welcome 😊 Sadly I think the only way to deal with a tangled skein is a lot of patience to slowly slowly unravel it. I just find one end and feed it back through all the loops and knots until it's all loose.
Mine don't have ends. They're tied. Also DMC.
I'm not entirely sure what you mean but I guess this must be a different type of DMC thread than the 6 stranded cotton embroidery thread I used in the video? I would have no idea how to deal with that I'm afraid.
I need to pull out one individual strand for its entire length
Ooooh, now that is a challenge. I don't think I have any further advice for this, just unwind the whole skein and lay it out as flat as you can then start pulling 1 strand. You'll probably need to slowly work it along and keep pushing the rest of the bundle of threads flat as you go. It just might not work for the whole 8m length but good luck!
@@catkinandlillie actually I used your technique the other day and it went so easy I couldn't believe it. I did as you say here slowly unwind the skein as I went along but it wasn't that bad. Way easier than I expected. Thank you!
Wow, that's awesome!!! Nice work 😄