How many strands do I use? Tips on how to use & organise embroidery stranded cotton, floss & threads
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ค. 2024
- Learn all about your skein of hand embroidery thread! Learn how to pull out your first thread, how to strand your threads, how many strands you should use and how to organise your leftover threads! This video is great for both beginners and experienced stitchers.
Why do the same threads cost such different amounts all over the world? Check out this interesting article here from LordLibidan.com!
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00:00 - Introduction
04:00 - Getting started
08:25 - How many strands to use?
14:28 - Skein housekeeping!
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I had started winding my floss onto these new-fangled bobbins, thinking storage would be neater. I stopped as it was way too much work and my floss appeared “kinked” to me. Your methods of keeping the skeins tidy by just using their original labels in various ways makes a lot of sense to me. Thank you for this video.
I am not sure if this applies only to cross stitch but if you are working with two threads of the same color, I discovered the loop starting method and it was a lifesaver! Eliminates the knotting on the back of the piece and is such an easy way to start.
Bless you! You've answered so many of my questions in one video. You make learning to embroider so much easier than struggling to figure it out on my own.
I loved the video but confess to being on team bobbin. I find my two filled bobbin boxes in numerical order somehow so satisfying. When I start a new project, I pull all the bobbins that I need and thread them on a loose leaf type ring so that I do not have to dig around for the next color.
Team bobbin! Whatever works for you is good x
I can't tell you how many times I've ended up with a big knotty mess.
Thank you Sarah, you've made my day.
I like to keep my skeins intact too, rather than wind them on bobbins. Those skein management tips at the end were genius! Folding the smaller label was such a simple idea, but so useful for when the skeins get skinny.
More time to stitch!
You have shown me how to separate strands without tangling them so thank you, thank you, thank you. This is going to make embroidery much less tedious going forward. Also, the tip about where to put your excess threads - back on the skein - was so insightful. I discovered your channel recently and it is a goldmine of information.
You’re welcome Maria! 😊
Brilliant. I never learned any of this from relatives, friends or teachers. Thank you!
That was fantastic, you covered so clearly many of the questions I had and a few I didn't know to ask - thank you 😊
Glad it was helpful!
You have again shown me how to do things better when it comes to embroidery! You are such a gem!
Thanks, Sarah! I am just getting into needlework (well, counted cross stitch, I have done needlepoint before) but your videos really inspire me to try something freehand ~ I am working on only my third cross stitch, but I'm trying the technique of gridding the (Aida) fabric with a water-soluble pen and so far this is makin cross stitch a whole lot easier for me! I am going through your whole library of videos and enjoying them all...this one on how to save thread (etc.) is very useful, thanks again!
Thank you for all this information. You have cleared up a few things for me. Biggest one no more winding my thread on those cardboard bobbins.
Another great video! Thanks Sarah ❤
After watching the Tuesday Tip (threading a needle), it has been on my mind how many strands to use. This video has so much information and you answered all my questions. Anyone who does any kind of stitching needs to watch this one. A big Thanks.
Thank you for posting about the needle threading! I was amazed how many videos Sarah has!
Glad it was helpful CJ!
I ordered some inexpensive threads from Temu. I forgot to look for fiber content when ordering and when I received it I found out it was polyester. I went back and looked and found many were polyester but I also found a lot of cotton too. So it pays to look but if it doesn't say on the label then it's either acrylic or polyester i would say. My order on the way is all cotton. 100 wonderful skeins of cotton. Yay
This is the first time I've heard of a colonial knot. Can't wait to try it 🙂
I love how to keep all the different sized ends of thread usable and with their number!
You read my mind! I was going to ask you to teach us about number of strands, and here’s the video! Thanks!!
I will add mind reading to my skill set! 😁
Hello from New Zealand. I thank you for these lessons. I am trying to improve my craft and these have been amazing for me. Being le;lf taught I am still learning
I'm still learning too Claudette! :)
This is one of the most in depth and informative videos on stranded cotton that I’ve seen. I just recently discovered your channel and I’m really enjoying your videos.
Thank you Amanda!
Thank you for providing this very informative tutorial. You are so helpful!
Wow this is invaluable, wish I’d seen when I first started, I wouldn’t have a tub of messy threads now 🙄. Thanks so much for all your info I love your channel have learnt so much. Here’s to using threads correctly 🙏
I love this video! I keep forgetting how to start a cotton floss and I have to go back to watch it! 🤪🤪 thank you Sarah!
Absolutely love your videos so practical, to the point and your voice is lovely 🧡
Thank you so much!
OMG, I did it 1st try, 2nd try & 3rd try. You are making me feel very talented Sarah!
Thank you for all the info! I love it when your suggestions are what I do.
This is a wonderful tutorial for beginners worried about strands & needles!!! I keep this one in my library and refer back to it frequently! Thank you❤
Thanks for sharing your vast knowledge Sarah. Much appreciated.
Great tips, thank you Sarah!
8:25 Thank you! I came here to get an answer to this exact question, so it was great to hear your explanation!
Awesome info again!
BTW. Nothing g to do w embroidery floss, but you are blessed w beautiful hair, skin and nails. 😊
Love your no nonsense way of teaching.
Thanks!
Thanks, Sarah! 😃
Such a well made and informative video!! With a little effort our work becomes so much more easier!! Thanks for sharing ❤
I’ve already written it on the first video I found of you but I have to say this again: you are a delight to listen to and watch ☺️ thank you for making these videos, I learn something on each video (even when I see a title and think “ha, I already know how to… oh, no. No I did not🤷♀️” 😄)
Thank you for watching Charlotte!
I’ve not used stranded cotton thread before (I’m an Appletons girl), so this video was really helpful. Thanks, Sarah!
Thank you very much, wonderful teaching.
I love your videos Sarah, I always learn so much from everything you do!
Thanks for explaining so clearly it’s alway handy to know this information. Love your videos.
Thank you Sarah !!! So much great information.... not only in this video, but in all of your videos. I am so happy that I found your channel. As a total beginner with embroidery, I know that I am learning from one of the best. Thank you !!!
Excellent video. The end of thread you cut whether in embroidery or sewing cotton reels makes threading the needle easier as you are going with the twist when it was put onto the skein or reel.
Thankyou, this video was very helpful for me, especially the skein housekeeping.
Thank you for this video! It was enjoyable to listen to and the content was easy to comprehend.😊
Re: whether there’s a nap to the thread/should you use it one direction vs. the other. While this isn’t necessarily an issue with embroidery floss/thread, it IS an issue with wool crewel yarn. Phillipa Turnbull has a video about how to check the “rough” side and “smooth” side.
I agree that you don't always have to separate all the strands and recombine them before stitching. In some circumstances I do so, such as with satin stitch, for better coverage. I would also separate my strands in most cases for canvaswork, again for better coverage, and I might want to when working cross stitch depending on what ground fabric and how many strands of cotton I'm using. But for a lot of surface embroidery I don't bother. I don't think it matters much on something like stem stitch or split stitch. And for French knots (or any other knots, such as bullions) It works better not to separate and re-combine the strands.
I definitely agree tim1724!
Thank you! Love your videos
Thank you Sarah; so informative. Xx 💕💕
Thank you for this video 😘
Thank you for such a helpful video yet again.
Thank you for this great information. 🙏
Sarah is so cute 🥰 AND I learn loads of things on this channel!
Aren't you the clever one! Very helpful tips. Thank you.
I so enjoy your teaching 😊. Thank you for sharing ❤️🙏
Ty very good information.
I’ve done the occasional basic hoop with a pdf pattern but really am still a proper beginner because I never invested any time into the „proper way“ of doing things. Your series has been helping me with that! I’m making a hoop for the birth of my baby and it’s my first „free style“ hoop and includes some slightly smaller details which will require me to separate my strands and I’ve never dared to try before. Really great resource- thank you so much for taking the time to share these videos!
Thank you for watching phanterleo, glad you are finding the videos helpful!
Fantastic very helpful 👍👍
Thank you so much, this was very helpful.
Great tutorial! 🪡🧵
Sarah, I have recently found your channel and I am so grateful for you. You are a wonderful teacher!
I am a nurse and discovering embroidery has provided much peace in an incredibly challenging time. And you have inspired me to explore all that you can do with these materials.
Could you do a video on “thread painting” and color mixing (techniques and approaches)? Perhaps you have done this and just haven’t found the video, but I have searched.
Thank you for all that you do!
Check out the silk shaded Pansy video Russell S; there are two parts!
Will do! Thank you for taking the time to get back to me.
Love learning what to know that I didn't know :-) Thank you!
I always learn something new! I so appreciate that❣ I enjoyed this presentation. I hope you'll do another on hand dyed flosses!!
I would love💕 your input on the different types of hoops and frames please Sarah❣
We have a video on hoops and frames Rebecca check out the Beginners embroidery playlist:
th-cam.com/play/PLC2TZFIW8ZoOf-FzgU_Zz9KyisR6PZl0q.html
Most helpful 💜💜🇦🇺🇦🇺
I would love to see how you store your equipment. Threads, hoops, needles, etc.If there is a video on that, please direct me to it. Thanks for all you do.
Wonderful tips! Thank you! I’d like to add one more tip, if I may. When you are down to the last little bit of thread, and you don’t think you can use it, DON”T throw it away. Keep a little bag or jar by your sewing for thread ends, and keep saving them. Eventually, you’ll have a lot to work with. These ends, all mushed together, make great stuffing for little toys and animals, or anything else that needs be stuffed!
Great tip Whitney!
I forgot to say that this also works with yarn, if you knit or crochet.
Very very very informative!!!! Thank you so much:)
Fabulous video with so many useful tips. That knot at the end came up on a knot video I watched earlier this week....very useful for tying guy ropes when camping. :D
And Macrame Amanda!
I liked this video 👍 very much
I have just found your channel and subscribed. Thank you so much Sarah, ALL your videos are so interesting and I am learning so much as a beginner. Best wishes from Lottie in Suffolk.
Thank you Lottie!
Great tips and ideas! Thanks for sharing!
I am going down the Sarah Homfrey rabbit hole apparently as TH-cam is showing me these vids now. But, i am quite happy learning!
Another great video, thank you. I miss your handsome Ginger shadow though! :)
He was having a day off!
Absolutely full of pertinent information here; thanks much!
Love the cat on the shelf to your right. Looks like glass & ceramic, is that a quilt upon it's back?
Am a quiltmaking cat lady!
The cat on the shelf is painted paper mache Nancy-Katharyn!
Another great video, as usual, Sarah! I would find it very helpful if you could do one on what size of non-stranded thread to use for counted work--I am about to embark on my maiden blackwork and assisi work project (first time for both...I may be biting off more than I can chew!) I watched your 10 threads comparison vid, as well as your blackwork ones, but I'm still left with one question...how thick a thread should I use for various counts of fabric? E.g., do I use a #25 coton a broder for 22-count evenweave, etc. Coton a broder is a little tricky to come by where I live, and I don't want to have to order a bunch of thread sizes that aren't what I need. Thanks so much for your help, and say "hi" to your furry video buddy!
In Belgium (Flanders) we call them "splitgaren" what means "split yarn" 🙃
Sarah, I am new to freehand embroidery, and I love your videos. You are such a great professional and teacher! So thank you so much for that.
I have a question: what is the difference between using the stranded cotton skeins and using regular thread (like you use for sewing), by cutting the amount of strands you need? Is there a difference between the threads?
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Awesome video! I am somewhat new to your channel and I am working my way through previous videos. Have you done a video on how to use the twisted up skeins - like the ones you sell? I have not mastered these and always end up in a tangled mess.
You need to cut them D'Ann! See this video here:
th-cam.com/video/K_mwkwaqHeE/w-d-xo.html
@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery That was very helpful! Thank you so much!
I have had crewel skein's recently which have knots within the skein, it's caused some interesting sorting out issues. Some of the figure of 8 ends for drawing out have then been buried and not obviously fixable. From Appleton's I expected better.
Speak to them Carole and see what they say; the odd knot happens occaisionally but any more than this probably shouldn't be happening
I got my threads from amazon as a part of the beginner kit, I do find need to use the wax though as can get easily knotted...though I am a beginner but that is where I have been going wrong pulling too many threads at once
If they are getting knotted try shorter lengths Lara
@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery ok nice one will try that too 👍
This is all very interesting. But, how do you organize the stranded cotton so that you can find your colors when a pattern calls for a particular DMC number? I rewind my "floss" (I'm American) around a bobbin and then run a cable through the eye of the bobbin so that they all remain in order of the DMC number. (I'm so glad I found you !!)
See my 'How to Orgainse your stash' video!
I hold the strain between my knees hold tight with knees choosen amount start the separation then pull apart left and right
I enjoy her
What is the best thread to use for shadow work? I have noticed that some people prefer to use floche. Floche is expensive so does it really matter?
I don't really have enough experience of this technique to know Mrs Tukutela; Floche isn't divided into strands like floss/stranded cotton is so this might make it better for this purpose?
When I do a sampler, is it better to use a fabric which is similar to or the same as what I am using for my project? Or does that not matter?
If you are sampling for a particular project try and use similar fabric, if general sampling, use a plain cotton or linen
Your videos always so helpful. I wonder if you can tell me if there's another name for Cotton à Broder? Is it the same as Coton Pearlé? I live in France and it is for redwork.
They are different threads Mo M, DMC call theirs Special Embroidery thread. check out their website for explanations of the different types
@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery Many thanks I'll have a look there.
Hi there, great video! I have a question, totally new to embroidery. I’ve been collecting dmc pearl cotton floss but when I go to separate the strands, there’s no clear distinction at either end or where I cut at. Everything just fluffs up when I attempt to separate them, as if there are no individual strands present. The most I can do is separate out into 2 somewhat smaller strands and even that frays up as I pull. Have I maybe done something wrong to my threads? I made sure to store them all properly since I wasn’t ready to use them yet so I’m not too sure what’s happening and I can’t seem to find anyone else having this problem either. Yours came apart so distinctly and even before you pulled you can see all 6 pieces at the end.
Check which thread you have Artiimoo: DMC perle is a twisted thread and not meant to be separated. DMC stranded cotton/floss is made of 6 separate strand which you can separate
@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery ahhhh that makes so much more sense! I kept buying the perle type since I thought it was the 6 strand. I’ll be looking into the dmc cotton very soon, and maybe even getting some silk thread. Thank you so much for explaining for me!
I’m a bit confused. I have a kit that says i need to use 3 strands - but when I use 3 strands doesn’t it double up to 6 strands when you thread the needle? And if the kit asks for 6 strands, that means I’m using 12; correct? Please help me clarify this.
Thread three strands but don't double them over in the needle and it will stay as 3 strands. 6 strands is 6 strands. See my needle threading video to see this
@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery hi! I'm a bit new to embroidery and I'm a bit confused by this, I saw your needle threading video and do you knot it..? Sorry for bothering you!
We have Anchor an DMC theard s in india
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The older term for threads is embroidery silk.
If they are made from silk Elaine! 😁
@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery im quite old. I do know some threads are real silk. However I also grew up with the common term of "silks". We poor folk couldn't afford the real stuff. It didn't stop us using the term silks tho. Lol. Embroidery Silks certainly seems to have stuck in my country/community.
@@elainegothard I'm in the US. In reasearch I see a lot of early 20th century ads that refer to embroidery silks, but then later in the ad they will specify "art silk", i.e., rayon. The phrase embroidery silks is no longer commonly used where I am (as far as I know). The generic word is thread. Floss is used for "divisible" threads. Language is so fascinating! :)
@@VeretenoVids silks is still a common term here (Australia). We're very muticultural and young n old use the term. But thread is extraordinary difficult to get any variety. Embroidery is very much a dead art in this region. Except for bulk xstitch kits.
Any ideas on storage. I have over 1000 colours, so carding is impractical.
I keep mine in the skein, and then I store them in small sandwich sized ziploc bags. Those bags usually have a label section where you can write on them in permanent marker. Then I mark them with the 'from' and 'to' number range in the bag, because the bags usually have a number of colours in them..
Great way to organise The Other Andrew! I believe some people then put this in ring binders as well?
@@oneotherandrew me too, but I have a glory box full of them.
I use floss bows. The floss can be divided from the center. The floss bow goes inside. They have a small hole to put the end of the floss in. It even has a piece of plastic on the side for you to put the paper that has the number of the color in. They have plastic inserts to put the floss bow in. And, binders to put the inserts in.
No more loading.
Cant get the binders, ive managed to obtain some floss bows and again poor postal service (lockdown affected- 4mth delay). Ive made a lot with tongue depressors. Made a v in each end . Then use the zip lock bags to keep them flat.
We Brits are the worst for ignoring the fibre content when referring to stuff.
Embroidery thread? Stranded cotton. Silk thread? Still stranded cotton.
Yarn? Wool. Cotton yarn? Still wool.
At least in my household haha
And I bet it hasn't stop you making anything! :)
I feel like the labels on cheaper skeins are a bit misleading. Like sometimes I think what they call ‘cotton’ is actually viscose made from cotton waste.
If it doesn't say cotton in the small print on the label then it's synthetic Jo!
Perché non permetti di tradurre anche in italiano ???🙋🏼♀️
Желательно больше показывать вышивку и меньше говорить😊