Hello! I’m 15 years old, and I just decided to start embroidery as a hobby. 😁 I just wanted to tell you that your videos have been so very helpful to me. Thank you, and God bless you!!
This was so helpful. My grandmother taught me to weave both the starting and finishing threads with a tiny crochet hook, and I am so glad to see this simpler method. You will be seeing my name in the comments a lot because I am watching as many of your tutorials daily as I can. I am getting ready to do a vintage style dresser scarf for my granddaughter's hope chest. I have not embroidered for about 10 years, and I am very rusty! Thank you
Hi Sarah, I’m really enjoying the tutorials. I started in bordering when I was 13 and I’m now 71. I love to hand embroidery and I also hand quilt my quilt. Keep the great tutorials coming, even though I am learning new tricks and techniques.
Thank you sooo much for this video!! I bough my mom a tweed purse and I wanted to embroider some details to make it more personalized. The problem is I'm working over a deep pocket, so it's hard so see the back and work on it. Also I wanted it to be as neat as possible so that some things like keys don't get caught. This method was a life saver, thank you :)
Hello Sarah! This is the best method I have seen demonstrated for starting and ending stitches. I love the idea of a waste knot and the anchor stitches. It makes so much sense! Thank you for another great tutorial!
I've seen this method before but I didn't understand it at all, and I'm mad at the algorithm that didn't show me your videos sooner 😩 Your explanation is very clear, thank you so much for sharing the knowledge ❤️
I am on coronavirus lockdown day 6 and I started stitching on a printed canvas. I honestly thank you so much. You are a nice person who explains everything for novices like me. Much love from Athens, Greece 💙
Thank you so much for your videos!! They have improved my work SO much after just watching this video and the video about keeping the back neat. Thank you thank you!!! Can’t wait to learn more from you.
I'm just getting back into embroidery after many years. The back of my work has aways been so sloppy. Oh my goodness how this technique has made a difference!!! Love your videos. I'm relearning the stitches my grandmother taught me, plus some new ones, thanks to your videos. I really appreciate your channel and have subscribed. Happy stitching! 😊
@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery I just watched it and I have to admit I'm guilty of having threads going from one area way over to another area. 🙃 I'm working on improving though. Great videos!
I just love your videos - you explain them so beautifully and clearly ! I’m new to embroidery so these are helping so much. I love how you can see close up shots - just truly impressed ! 😁🤗👍🏼👏🏼
Whatever knowledge and experience you share with us is priceless. So, thank you so much. I am really grateful to you🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹. You can count me as one of your apprentices because I really learn a lot from you and consider you as my teacher. 26.03.2022, 1:13 a.m
I recently learned a new-to-me method for securing threads. You line your working fabric with an even but very loosely woven muslin. Treat both fabrics as one when hooping, then you can run your thread ends *between* the layers. I got this fabric in a kit from south Africa. I've never seen it here in the US but I'd love to find it locally. The backing is light enough that it doesn't affect the needle going thru.
thank you. I watched one of your videos showing how to wrap the hoop. I will do this. I cannot afford your clamp to hold the hoop or frame but I really enjoy your videos. thank you for sharing.
I haven't seen this technique for starting and finishing embroidery but I love it. So much easier. Thanks for a wonderful video and such clear explanations.
Sarah: I am a beginner who just loves doing embroidery especially as it distracts me from this lockdown. I have carpel tunnel and was wondering if you have some advice on correct positioning or any assistive devices to avoid further flare. I only embroider every third day to rest but would certainly like to keep going. You are a doll and I have learned so much from you. Particularly as I find you very encouraging. I aim for perfection but fall short and you have eased that tendency in me. Thank you.
Perfection is very hard to obtain for anyone LInda, aim for the best you can do instead and getting things finished; you can't do more than that! Try to enjoy the process more than the end result. I'm afraid I don't know anything about carpel tunnel so I can't advise; can you show your doctor what you are doing and perhaps they can advise? I know you can get supports for your hands which might help. Also, try not to tense your hands, if you use your needles and tools correctly they will work with you and not against you. Thank you for watching, I'm glad you are finding the videos useful!
@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery A year later Sarah and I am still embroidering and just love it. I am using hand braces and limiting my time at the hoop but still delighting in everything I produce. I watch your videos for inspiration and instruction all the time. You are an amazing artist.
Sarah you are wonderful! I just discovered your channel and joined your Patron channel. I love your videos and can’t wait to watch more? Thanks for sharing this! It’s always been a conundrum for me. 😊
Hi, I've never learned how to hand embroider and would love to learn. My question is this, the floss here (USA) is the 6 threads in one. I have never come across anything that tells you how many threads to use. I saw in one of your videos where you separated 3 threads to thread thru the size needle you selected, does it depend on the stitch you are about do? Also, the kits I've seen show you the color to use, but unless I missed it, nothing regarding the stitch for that particular area. This has been the reason that I have not encouraged myself towards it. I love how you explain and demonstrate everything on here. Thank You Kindly and I have subscribed for sure... who knows, I might still learn at this age.
Check out our video on different threads Cissie if you haven't seen it yet. The 6 stranded floss/cotton is a great one to start with as there are lots of colours available and they are inexpensive. You can choose how many strands you want to work with, it really depends on how fine you want your stitching to be. Try a little sampler in one stitch using all 6 threads, right down to just one and see what the difference is. If you ware working on an evenweave fabric such as a linen, Aida or canvas etc then the holes will determine how many threads to use; not enough thread and you won't cover the fabric, too much and it will distort the holes. If you are not working on a counted fabric then it's up to you! For freestyle stitching I find 3 strands is a nice weight. If you buy a kit with stranded floss in then it will say somewhere in the instructions how many strands to use; it will probably be the same number throughout the whole piece.
@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery Thanks SO MUCH for this... I've always envied people who can do any type of craft and let me tell you that I get all "wrapped up around the axle" on starting anything new... I've always been leery of not being able to come thru on a project. Not a Perfectionist by no means... but I do get disappointed on a "failure" (self imposed, LOL). The info you've provided makes total sense. I will definitely keep visiting your videos. Thanks for providing help here with your knowledge on this subject... I became a "late bloomer" as far as crafts go. I did teach myself how to crochet at an early age... but teaching myself on sewing and etc... Late... Late... Late... but better than NEVER, eh? LOL
Hi Sarah 😊 May I ask, do you suggest starting a certain place on the embroidery design when beginning a project? If so do you have a video that covers that? Should I start in the center and work out or does it matter? Thank you!
Sarah when you do your two stab stitches at the end, won't they come out when you have to embroider over them or through them in another colour etc? You know when you just have to go into that stitch when doing other embroidery?
Thanks for this good explanation! Very interesting! But I have one more question: the starting knot is more or less 3 cm from the 2 little stitches to start with. When you cut off the knot, don't you have a piece of thread from 3 cm on the back that is lose? Do you weave it in or do you cut it off again at the back, near the 2 little stitches? Thanks for helping me.
Hi Sarah, thanks for the explaining. It ist really good. I have two questions: Is this method also be safe if I will wash the piece after embroidery? I sometimes stitches on my daughter's clothes and they have to be washed again and again. The second question is if this method is safe if the thread on the backside is not really covered by other stitches. I have learned another method that functions if you have an even number of threads: you take half of the needed number of threads in the double length, clup both ends up and put them through the needle eye so that you have a loop on the end of the thread. Then you make a stich from the back to the front, but you do not pull the thread through completely. After this you stitch from front to back, pull the thread through the loop oft the thread and then you set tight (I hope you understand my explanation). I think this method would be safer because you have all threads fixed on the back (without a knot), but unfortunately it functions only with an even number of threads needed.
Yes it should be good to wash Sonja; you could just add a few extra stitches to make sure if you know it will need to be washed. The thread really needs to be covered with other stitches on the back so the other method is good also, use what works for you!
Thank you so much... JUST the video I needed to know exactly what to do... And may I say how very clearly presented aswell... So thank you once again :)
Thank you for showing the finishing off of the stitching on the back of the work. I do only tea towels on very good cotton, will this finishing work for fabric that will be laundered many times?
Newbie embroider. How would you use this technique if starting with a french knot instead of a line? How would you hide your "stab stitches" under the French knot? Thanks!
It depends a little bit on where you are embroidering and what on. You can start with a knot and leave a long tail end and come back and weave it in later if you like. For clothing the ends need to be extra secure and if the fabric is see through at all you need to make sure you can't see any odd ends on the back so just think logically about if for each circumstance. To finish your threads, weave them back through some stitches on the back.
Thank you so much it was really useful. Can I use this technique for beads embroidery on tulle? Tulle is more slippery than other fabrics with bigger holes
Very helpful. Thank you. I noticed that the thread was making a pretty noticeable noise going through, but I thought you advised against that in another video. Is that because this is crewel or is there some other reason you are allowing that here?
Hello, I’ve been learning so much from your tutorials! Can you please tell me if this method of starting and finishing is suitable for an item the will be laundered, such as a flour sack towel? Thank you!
I’ve just begun a thread journal today and I am using your starting and stopping method. It seems brilliant, thank you. Can you tell me, please, if after you cut off the waste knot, do you cut the now loose end at the back of your work? I don’t see you do this but when you turn your piece over, there don’t appear to be the loose tails anywhere. Many thanks Marina
You can cut them off Marina if you like. Once you get practiced at this method the little end gets shorter and shorter as you start closer so at that point I tend to leave them!
Hi, I noticed you have someone who had a request in Spanish. I've taken the liberty to translate for her. : Chita Duran 2 years ago me encantan sus tutoriales, por favor quisiera saber como hago el plumaje de pajaritos bordasos Dios me la bendiga "I love your tutorials, please I would like to know how to do the plumage of the embroidered birds. GOD Bless you."
Hi Sarah! You’re videos are awesome. I am curious what happens with the little tail that is left behind on the back once the waste knot is cut. It’s probably too short to weave in on the back. So are those threads threads left dangling?
You can cut it off Keith if you like, it should all be stitched in but just check it is first! When you get more experienced you can put your knot closer and closer to your stitching and that tail end on the back will get shorter!
If you are new to embroidery Keith then check out our beginners embroidery page on the website, there might be something useful there!: www.sarahhomfray.com/beginners-embroidery.html
We have a whole playlist on Blackwork Heather, just click on my channel page to see the playlists. I've done some Hardanger and Sashiko for myself but I don't even know what ponto cruz is, a kind of cross stitch?
It's a hand held ring frame in a versatile table clamp Holly. See here: www.sarahhomfray.com/myshop/prod_4538062-Versatile-table-clamp.html I'm using two table clamps to keep it very steady for filming but you only need one. Check out our video on the table clamp also
Thank you, this is very well explained for beginners, but how is the little bit of thread from the knot you cut not dangling at the back? There should be a little bit of thread between the knot and the starting stitch, or are you cutting that little bit of thread too? 😭
I’m new to embroidery and just finished my first piece. Instructions said to place the piece in room temperature water for 5 minutes or so until the lines disappear, then to rinse the work and hang to dry. Did all that. Next morning in preparation of going to the store to have it framed, I ironed the piece (although I didn’t get all the lines from the hoop out even though the iron was pretty hot and I had it on steam - do you know why?). I unrolled the piece and laid it on the counter when I noticed a “wash” of the water soluble dye all over the piece! I could not believe what I was seeing! All we could think was that some sort of reaction took place when we ironed it. Any comments? What should we try next?
It sounds like the hoop has actually damaged the fibres of the fabric Mary if the marks don't come out. Check out my videos on wrapping an embroidery hoop or using stretcher bar frames instead. I don't know what your piece was drawn on with but if you can still see the dye then the water soluble dye hasn't completely disolved. I think it might need another go (if I use a watersoluble pen to draw my designs on I just use a water spray to get any marks off, I never dunk the whole thing in water). By the sounds of it you have nothign to loose putting it in water again! Agitate it very gently to get the dye out completely. Please check out my beginners embroidery page on my website for lots of useful information and videos about frames, transferring designs, practicing your stitches, fabrics and loads more hints and tips that will help you out for your next piece!
I think you mean, "How to begin a stitch." I'm trying to find information about how to find the beginning of the floss. I can't find anyone explaining how to find the beginning and end of the thread, or yarn, or floss, but all of these have a beginning and an end. With embroidery floss, if one runs it between their thumb and finger, it is possible to feel the, "grain;" I think that's what it is called. It matters which end one pulls through the needle, to begin, because the embroiderer, is going to pull that floss through the fabric, either against the grain of the floss (which is not good for the floss), or with the grain, so that it moves smoothly through the fabric, without friction against the floss. I watched several youtube videos also, and none so far have explained this, though they are teaching how to wind floss onto bobbins, how to pull skeins apart, etc. Personally, I like to wind bobbins, so that when I pull the floss off of the bobbin, it is coming off with the smooth grain leading, i.e., the end coming off the bobbin first, is the end I will put through the needle. Thank you for the tutorial.
Hello! I’m 15 years old, and I just decided to start embroidery as a hobby. 😁 I just wanted to tell you that your videos have been so very helpful to me. Thank you, and God bless you!!
Thank you Lauren, I wish you a lifetime of happy stitching!
Who says old needlewomen can't learn new tricks? This is a very useful technique and you explain every step so clearly.
There is always something to learn Susan!
For years I had lots of little knots in the back of my work, most unattractive. Nice to know a neater way to start and end my embroidery stitches.
I've been embroidering forever (self-taught), but have never learned these basics. Thank you!
Oh Sarah. I’m so happy to know this. No more knots on my embroidery from now on! Thank you.
Sarah, I did my embroidery this morning with these techniques and it looks so neat on the back - no knots and secure threads. Thank you so much!
I have been doing some form of embroidery off and on for 70 years, and I never knew this technique. Thank you so much!!!!!🥰
This was so helpful. My grandmother taught me to weave both the starting and finishing threads with a tiny crochet hook, and I am so glad to see this simpler method. You will be seeing my name in the comments a lot because I am watching as many of your tutorials daily as I can. I am getting ready to do a vintage style dresser scarf for my granddaughter's hope chest. I have not embroidered for about 10 years, and I am very rusty! Thank you
Thank you for the amazing tutorial for this! I like how you zoomed in on the fabric so that we can see what you are doing clearly!
Love that, thank you…that will keep my thread safe from being undone…much appreciated, Mia
Oh my goodness! I am so glad I found your channel! I'm still very much a beginner and these videos have been SO VERY HELPFUL!
Hi Sarah, I’m really enjoying the tutorials. I started in bordering when I was 13 and I’m now 71. I love to hand embroidery and I also hand quilt my quilt. Keep the great tutorials coming, even though I am learning new tricks and techniques.
Thank you sooo much for this video!! I bough my mom a tweed purse and I wanted to embroider some details to make it more personalized. The problem is I'm working over a deep pocket, so it's hard so see the back and work on it. Also I wanted it to be as neat as possible so that some things like keys don't get caught. This method was a life saver, thank you :)
Your videos are excellent. Very clear explanations without waffling. Thank you.
Hello Sarah! This is the best method I have seen demonstrated for starting and ending stitches. I love the idea of a waste knot and the anchor stitches. It makes so much sense! Thank you for another great tutorial!
I've seen this method before but I didn't understand it at all, and I'm mad at the algorithm that didn't show me your videos sooner 😩
Your explanation is very clear, thank you so much for sharing the knowledge ❤️
I am on coronavirus lockdown day 6 and I started stitching on a printed canvas. I honestly thank you so much. You are a nice person who explains everything for novices like me. Much love from Athens, Greece 💙
Thank you Elena, nice to keep you company through these difficult times!
I love the way you explain things. Thank you.
Thank you Eileen, that's good to hear. Words like that give us more incentive to keep on making and uploading videos.
Thank you, Sarah. Clear and concise.
Wonderful share. I've always considered the knots ugly on needlework that takes many hours to complete. Thank you.
Thank you so much for your videos!! They have improved my work SO much after just watching this video and the video about keeping the back neat. Thank you thank you!!! Can’t wait to learn more from you.
Thanks for this tutorial. I've always wondered how to start and end my work as neatly as possible. This helps a lot.
I'm just getting back into embroidery after many years. The back of my work has aways been so sloppy. Oh my goodness how this technique has made a difference!!! Love your videos. I'm relearning the stitches my grandmother taught me, plus some new ones, thanks to your videos. I really appreciate your channel and have subscribed. Happy stitching! 😊
Thank you mom2cats! Check out my video all about the back of your embroidery for some more hints and tips!
@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery I just watched it and I have to admit I'm guilty of having threads going from one area way over to another area. 🙃 I'm working on improving though. Great videos!
I just love your videos - you explain them so beautifully and clearly ! I’m new to embroidery so these are helping so much. I love how you can see close up shots - just truly impressed ! 😁🤗👍🏼👏🏼
Thanks Rekha! Glad we can help!
Whatever knowledge and experience you share with us is priceless. So, thank you so much. I am really grateful to you🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹. You can count me as one of your apprentices because I really learn a lot from you and consider you as my teacher. 26.03.2022, 1:13 a.m
Thank you Könül!
Clear and concise. Hopefully the back of my embroidery will be much neater now. 🙏❤️
You are the best your voice is so clear and I understand it so well thank you 💙am a beginner and am learning a lot
You're so welcome, glad you are enjoying!
Best technique ever, thank you!!!
Hi Sarah, like all your videos, you explain everything so patiently. Learnt a lot from you. Thanks for sharing you experience with us.
Oh thanks so much im trying to learn embroidery by watching your videos.
I recently learned a new-to-me method for securing threads. You line your working fabric with an even but very loosely woven muslin. Treat both fabrics as one when hooping, then you can run your thread ends *between* the layers. I got this fabric in a kit from south Africa. I've never seen it here in the US but I'd love to find it locally. The backing is light enough that it doesn't affect the needle going thru.
Your videos are so helpful to learners like me.
What's you use to keep the hoop stable
This is brilliant. It's really difficult to tie a knot that's close to the hoop and now I never will bother with that again.
this is so so helpful, im so glad i found this! im embroidering a button down for my boyfriend and this was perfect, very clear and precise teaching
thank you. I watched one of your videos showing how to wrap the hoop. I will do this. I cannot afford your clamp to hold the hoop or frame but I really enjoy your videos. thank you for sharing.
I was looking for a way to do knotless for Holbein stitch that was reversible and this is perfect! Thanks!
I love your tutorials and am so happy i found your channel!!!
I haven't seen this technique for starting and finishing embroidery but I love it. So much easier. Thanks for a wonderful video and such clear explanations.
Thank you Sarah! Your video was very helpful. I will be using your method from now on!😃
Refresh…been away from embroidery…in my way to coming back 😃🙏🏽🙋🏻♀️👍🏽
You did this in the butterfly for beginner project. Got it.
You will see I use it in most of my Videos Nora!
Thank you for this video, it is exactly what I needed today!
Thank you, you're a genius! 👏
Brilliant! I have learned so much!
it is very useful. I will always count on you
Sarah: I am a beginner who just loves doing embroidery especially as it distracts me from this lockdown. I have carpel tunnel and was wondering if you have some advice on correct positioning or any assistive devices to avoid further flare. I only embroider every third day to rest but would certainly like to keep going. You are a doll and I have learned so much from you. Particularly as I find you very encouraging. I aim for perfection but fall short and you have eased that tendency in me. Thank you.
Perfection is very hard to obtain for anyone LInda, aim for the best you can do instead and getting things finished; you can't do more than that! Try to enjoy the process more than the end result. I'm afraid I don't know anything about carpel tunnel so I can't advise; can you show your doctor what you are doing and perhaps they can advise? I know you can get supports for your hands which might help. Also, try not to tense your hands, if you use your needles and tools correctly they will work with you and not against you. Thank you for watching, I'm glad you are finding the videos useful!
@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery A year later Sarah and I am still embroidering and just love it. I am using hand braces and limiting my time at the hoop but still delighting in everything I produce. I watch your videos for inspiration and instruction all the time. You are an amazing artist.
Sarah you are wonderful! I just discovered your channel and joined your Patron channel. I love your videos and can’t wait to watch more? Thanks for sharing this! It’s always been a conundrum for me. 😊
Thank you and for supporting us on Patreon! New video just gone up for you...
Thank you! Very useful video
You're amazing thank you so much!!
Thank you! That’s very helpful!
Hi, I've never learned how to hand embroider and would love to learn. My question is this, the floss here (USA) is the 6 threads in one. I have never come across anything that tells you how many threads to use. I saw in one of your videos where you separated 3 threads to thread thru the size needle you selected, does it depend on the stitch you are about do? Also, the kits I've seen show you the color to use, but unless I missed it, nothing regarding the stitch for that particular area. This has been the reason that I have not encouraged myself towards it. I love how you explain and demonstrate everything on here. Thank You Kindly and I have subscribed for sure... who knows, I might still learn at this age.
Check out our video on different threads Cissie if you haven't seen it yet. The 6 stranded floss/cotton is a great one to start with as there are lots of colours available and they are inexpensive. You can choose how many strands you want to work with, it really depends on how fine you want your stitching to be. Try a little sampler in one stitch using all 6 threads, right down to just one and see what the difference is. If you ware working on an evenweave fabric such as a linen, Aida or canvas etc then the holes will determine how many threads to use; not enough thread and you won't cover the fabric, too much and it will distort the holes. If you are not working on a counted fabric then it's up to you! For freestyle stitching I find 3 strands is a nice weight. If you buy a kit with stranded floss in then it will say somewhere in the instructions how many strands to use; it will probably be the same number throughout the whole piece.
@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery Thanks SO MUCH for this... I've always envied people who can do any type of craft and let me tell you that I get all "wrapped up around the axle" on starting anything new... I've always been leery of not being able to come thru on a project. Not a Perfectionist by no means... but I do get disappointed on a "failure" (self imposed, LOL). The info you've provided makes total sense. I will definitely keep visiting your videos. Thanks for providing help here with your knowledge on this subject... I became a "late bloomer" as far as crafts go. I did teach myself how to crochet at an early age... but teaching myself on sewing and etc... Late... Late... Late... but better than NEVER, eh? LOL
Thanks!
Thank you ever so much, my work will look so much better now!
Madam,this is very useful lesson,thank you.
it's so neat and tight. I aspire to make stitches like you.
Its just practice Kafaloto!
Hi very nice lesson you efforts are very honest and helpful to us 👍👌❤
Thank you very much for sharing your skills, it was very helpful!❤
Hi Sarah 😊 May I ask, do you suggest starting a certain place on the embroidery design when beginning a project? If so do you have a video that covers that? Should I start in the center and work out or does it matter? Thank you!
Sarah when you do your two stab stitches at the end, won't they come out when you have to embroider over them or through them in another colour etc? You know when you just have to go into that stitch when doing other embroidery?
Thank you it really helped my sewing project😂
Thank you!
Thank you. Great tutorial and great filming.
Vow great tutorial thanks 😊
Thank you very much for this video! It is really helpful!
Thanks for this good explanation! Very interesting! But I have one more question: the starting knot is more or less 3 cm from the 2 little stitches to start with. When you cut off the knot, don't you have a piece of thread from 3 cm on the back that is lose? Do you weave it in or do you cut it off again at the back, near the 2 little stitches? Thanks for helping me.
thanks for a very helpful video..
Thank you so much. That is really helpful.
Beautiful 💖
Hi Sarah, thanks for the explaining. It ist really good. I have two questions: Is this method also be safe if I will wash the piece after embroidery? I sometimes stitches on my daughter's clothes and they have to be washed again and again. The second question is if this method is safe if the thread on the backside is not really covered by other stitches.
I have learned another method that functions if you have an even number of threads: you take half of the needed number of threads in the double length, clup both ends up and put them through the needle eye so that you have a loop on the end of the thread. Then you make a stich from the back to the front, but you do not pull the thread through completely. After this you stitch from front to back, pull the thread through the loop oft the thread and then you set tight (I hope you understand my explanation). I think this method would be safer because you have all threads fixed on the back (without a knot), but unfortunately it functions only with an even number of threads needed.
Yes it should be good to wash Sonja; you could just add a few extra stitches to make sure if you know it will need to be washed. The thread really needs to be covered with other stitches on the back so the other method is good also, use what works for you!
Thank you so much... JUST the video I needed to know exactly what to do... And may I say how very clearly presented aswell... So thank you once again :)
Thank you for showing the finishing off of the stitching on the back of the work. I do only tea towels on very good cotton, will this finishing work for fabric that will be laundered many times?
Yes it will Cheryl, do a few extra starting stitches and weave through twice more on the back for extra security!
Your videos are a treasure.
Are you using the type of yarn which we use in crochet and tricot?
Newbie embroider. How would you use this technique if starting with a french knot instead of a line? How would you hide your "stab stitches" under the French knot? Thanks!
Hey Sarah, would you recommend this way to start and end stitches for embroiding clothing as well?
It depends a little bit on where you are embroidering and what on. You can start with a knot and leave a long tail end and come back and weave it in later if you like. For clothing the ends need to be extra secure and if the fabric is see through at all you need to make sure you can't see any odd ends on the back so just think logically about if for each circumstance. To finish your threads, weave them back through some stitches on the back.
Hmmmm good to know👍
Thank you so much it was really useful. Can I use this technique for beads embroidery on tulle? Tulle is more slippery than other fabrics with bigger holes
Yes you can! Practice a bit first because it will feel a little different...
Very helpful. Thank you. I noticed that the thread was making a pretty noticeable noise going through, but I thought you advised against that in another video. Is that because this is crewel or is there some other reason you are allowing that here?
The microphone is near the threads and sometimes it picks it up!
Very useful, thanks!
I'm wondering, does this keep the thread secure also for clothing that will be washed often? Somehow knots seam more secure?
Hello, I’ve been learning so much from your tutorials! Can you please tell me if this method of starting and finishing is suitable for an item the will be laundered, such as a flour sack towel? Thank you!
Yes it is Amber, just do a few extra stitches for extra security
Thank you so much!
I’ve just begun a thread journal today and I am using your starting and stopping method. It seems brilliant, thank you. Can you tell me, please, if after you cut off the waste knot, do you cut the now loose end at the back of your work? I don’t see you do this but when you turn your piece over, there don’t appear to be the loose tails anywhere.
Many thanks
Marina
You can cut them off Marina if you like. Once you get practiced at this method the little end gets shorter and shorter as you start closer so at that point I tend to leave them!
what embroidery stand are you using! I saw this one too in a newer video, didnt i? I am so looking for one with two "holders".
Thank you for this amazing video! Could you use this method when embroidering on tulle?
Yes I think that would work Bexi. Just make sure you turn the frame over and snip off any long ends so you can't see them though!
@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery I can't wait to try that then :)
Hi, will the threads stay in place if the item is washed? Like f I was doing a dish towel?
I would add a few extra starting stitches if you are planning to wash it Allison, just to make it extra secure!
@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery will do! Thank you. Just starting out on this journey of embroidery :)
Would this hold if a shirt was put in the washing machine?
Did you try it? How did it go?
Thank you for this ❤
Hi, I noticed you have someone who had a request in Spanish. I've taken the liberty to translate for her. :
Chita Duran
2 years ago
me encantan sus tutoriales, por favor quisiera saber como hago el plumaje de pajaritos bordasos Dios me la bendiga
"I love your tutorials, please I would like to know how to do the plumage of the embroidered birds. GOD Bless you."
me encantan sus tutoriales, por favor quisiera saber como hago el plumaje de pajaritos bordasos Dios me la bendiga
Hi Sarah! You’re videos are awesome. I am curious what happens with the little tail that is left behind on the back once the waste knot is cut. It’s probably too short to weave in on the back. So are those threads threads left dangling?
You can cut it off Keith if you like, it should all be stitched in but just check it is first! When you get more experienced you can put your knot closer and closer to your stitching and that tail end on the back will get shorter!
@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery Thanks so much for your reply. I can't wait to begin learning embroidery.
If you are new to embroidery Keith then check out our beginners embroidery page on the website, there might be something useful there!:
www.sarahhomfray.com/beginners-embroidery.html
Is this secure enough for embroidery on clothes that will be washed?
Do a couple of extra stitches if it's going to be washed and it should be fine!
Will this be secure enough when you embroider on clothes which will be washed regularly?
Do you ever do Hardanger or ponta Cruz, black work or Sashiko?
We have a whole playlist on Blackwork Heather, just click on my channel page to see the playlists. I've done some Hardanger and Sashiko for myself but I don't even know what ponto cruz is, a kind of cross stitch?
Sarah what kind of wooden embroidery hoop are you using?
It's a hand held ring frame in a versatile table clamp Holly. See here:
www.sarahhomfray.com/myshop/prod_4538062-Versatile-table-clamp.html
I'm using two table clamps to keep it very steady for filming but you only need one. Check out our video on the table clamp also
Talented and witty. Tidy! Lol
Also, can you explain how those 2 threads can secure the embroidered threads from unraveled?
Stitch over the two small stitches Antoinette and this will secure the thread
Thank you, this is very well explained for beginners, but how is the little bit of thread from the knot you cut not dangling at the back? There should be a little bit of thread between the knot and the starting stitch, or are you cutting that little bit of thread too? 😭
I’m new to embroidery and just finished my first piece. Instructions said to place the piece in room temperature water for 5 minutes or so until the lines disappear, then to rinse the work and hang to dry. Did all that. Next morning in preparation of going to the store to have it framed, I ironed the piece (although I didn’t get all the lines from the hoop out even though the iron was pretty hot and I had it on steam - do you know why?). I unrolled the piece and laid it on the counter when I noticed a “wash” of the water soluble dye all over the piece! I could not believe what I was seeing! All we could think was that some sort of reaction took place when we ironed it. Any comments? What should we try next?
It sounds like the hoop has actually damaged the fibres of the fabric Mary if the marks don't come out. Check out my videos on wrapping an embroidery hoop or using stretcher bar frames instead. I don't know what your piece was drawn on with but if you can still see the dye then the water soluble dye hasn't completely disolved. I think it might need another go (if I use a watersoluble pen to draw my designs on I just use a water spray to get any marks off, I never dunk the whole thing in water). By the sounds of it you have nothign to loose putting it in water again! Agitate it very gently to get the dye out completely. Please check out my beginners embroidery page on my website for lots of useful information and videos about frames, transferring designs, practicing your stitches, fabrics and loads more hints and tips that will help you out for your next piece!
I think you mean, "How to begin a stitch." I'm trying to find information about how to find the beginning of the floss.
I can't find anyone explaining how to find the beginning and end of the thread, or yarn, or floss, but all of these
have a beginning and an end. With embroidery floss, if one runs it between their thumb and finger, it is possible to feel the, "grain;" I think that's what it is called.
It matters which end one pulls through the needle, to begin, because the embroiderer, is going to pull that floss through the fabric, either against the grain of the floss (which is not good for the floss), or with the grain, so that it moves smoothly through the fabric, without friction against the floss. I watched several youtube videos also, and none so far have explained this, though they are teaching how to wind floss onto bobbins, how to pull skeins apart, etc.
Personally, I like to wind bobbins, so that when I pull the floss off of the bobbin, it is coming off with the smooth grain leading, i.e., the end coming off the bobbin first, is the end I will put through the needle.
Thank you for the tutorial.
I watched this video and remembered that I was taught this way in German high school but had forgotten about it. Thank you for reminding me. 🤣🤣
How you know where to put the knot; and when to cut it off? A!so can yo explain n