Snipping Threads

Let’s talk about sewing up and cutting the excess yarn…

Particularly if you are sewing on the right side of the work, if you snip the yarn after finishing off it can eventually start to work its way out and you have an end that you can't sew back in because it's too short and if you snip it again it will eventually work its way undone even more.

My top tip is; after the finishing off stitches, push the needle through the stuffed part of the work or along the seam so that it is 5cm or so away from the finishing off site. Then when you cup the yarn, pull it taught so that when you have cut it; it retracts inside the work. That way it can't be seen, and it won't work its way out.

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