That awkward moment you realize you did it wrong your whole life. pic.twitter.com/oi8vKbMyvY— John Bick (@JohnBick4) April 2, 2018
Edit: Sharktooth has taken the time to test this method. See the results in the comments below.
That awkward moment you realize you did it wrong your whole life. pic.twitter.com/oi8vKbMyvY— John Bick (@JohnBick4) April 2, 2018
Now that is frickin' amazing!
ReplyDeleteHow can I have lived so long and not known this?
ReplyDeleteWell, the reality is a little different. I tried this last night with a couple of different types of thread, and some different needle sizes.
ReplyDeleteIt does work if all the conditions are right, but it's definitely not as easy as implied.
The thread has to be "fibrous", and the hole in the needle has to be quite large. The surface that the thread is on has to have some friction too, or it doesn't work very well, if at all.
I had some "invisible" thread, which is like a single strand of nylon, and there's no way this method will work. A more conventional cotton thread will work if the hole in the needle is large, and the worksurface is non-slippery. I couldn't get it to work on the back of my hand, but an old mousepad seemed to work O.K..
I can't say I'm too keen on this now. The old method works fine without the added hassles, but your eyesight definitely needs to be good.
Thanks for doing a test run. When the time comes to sew a button on I will probably have forgotten about this post.
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