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mspaz Publish time 2013-12-3 04:44

Help stitching Afghan

I'm working on a pattern that is stitched on an afghan material..I'm having a problem with the stitching collapsing in the material (pulling through to the next stitch). Any ideas of how to prevent this?

siennaX Publish time 2013-12-8 07:08

It sounds like your tension may be too tight.Have you tried using a hoop?

waterlillie Publish time 2013-12-9 23:44

Edited by waterlillie at 2013-12-9 09:48

Don't use the "sewing" method, instead push the needle down, pull the thread all the way through, then come up from the back separately. I usually try to stitch over 2 threads to avoid the problem. If stitching over 2 threads, when you start, make sure you start "over the post", there's a thread on here somewhere with diagrams, when you pull the thread up in the lower left corner you should go over a vertical thread then down in the upper right.

htsear13 Publish time 2022-2-10 06:09

Following this thread

Knitpurlsm Publish time 2024-4-8 06:06

Thanks for the info!

Knitpurlsm Publish time 2024-4-9 03:27

Thanks for the info!

Whisper whisper Publish time 2024-4-19 15:40

Thanks for sharing

tatsumi696 Publish time 2024-4-25 00:52

Thank you very much

babo4ka Publish time 2024-5-15 06:35

Another tip is not to tighten your thread when stitching. Or use 3 threads instead of 2.
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