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scaredy-cat Publish time 2011-12-28 21:54

Invisible thread for beads

I have tried the invisible YLI thread for adding beads to my cross stitch design, but I find it very difficult to work with.Usually I use the same colour thread but for some beads it is more beautiful if you use the invisible one.
Do you have the same problem with the invisible thread ?

wcasimiro Publish time 2017-8-10 01:27

I like it because I don't have to change threads for each color of bead. What I do is cut a medium size length and I fold it in half, then tie a 3 knots at the end and pass it through at least 5 stitches on the back to secure it, then bead and when the thread is about 2 inches long I pass it through at least 5 stitches on the back to secure it and cut it right below the needle, then I make three knots with the two threads left on the back and cut whats left after the knots.

Natty Publish time 2017-8-29 13:26

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I like it because I don't have to change threads for each color of bead. What I do is cut a medium s ...

thank you! Knots are my every time problem.

laehoon Publish time 2017-7-27 12:59

thank you for this discussion

htsear13 Publish time 2022-2-10 05:41

Following this thread

sallyrose Publish time 2011-12-30 22:52

Sorry to say that I have never tried the invisible thread.
I have always used floss to attach the beads.

herbert Publish time 2011-12-31 23:36

I've always used floss as well, I don't think I've seen the invisible thread (haha, no pun intended) but then we are way out in the boonies, and supplies are hard to come by.

Hamsteren09 Publish time 2012-1-2 02:34

I hate the invisible YLI thread. Nowaday, I always use Nymo nilon thread.

Blackhat Publish time 2012-2-4 13:04

What's YLI thread?

This might sound kind of cheap, but I've used monofilament fishing line for beadwork in the past. Not for cross stitch, mind you, but for couching and free embroidery. You just need very fine gauge line; the thinnest they've got will still be ridiculously strong. It's very good for couching, actually, because it's designed to go unseen when viewed from the perpendicular... ie, by the fish. ;P

druidique Publish time 2012-2-4 22:55

I've never beaded, but I heard some stitchers use cotton floss of a colour that matches the fabric

AnnikaGBG Publish time 2012-2-5 02:50

I tried all types of invisible thread but I have a hard time with it since it stretches and tangles. A thread that matches the fabric or the bead seems to worker better for me. Or try really short strands of the invisible thread, that was a bit easier.

icecreamcake Publish time 2013-1-23 18:28

I never even knew there was invisible thread, i have always just used a single strand of stranded cotton.

AnnikaGBG Publish time 2013-1-25 00:11

I can't use invisible thread, it stretches and tangles. I like to get a tread the same color as the fabric.

petrica Publish time 2013-5-14 12:15

I use white cotton thread or bead color cotton, and sometimes short stretches of invisible thread and I do well with both, but I have a lot of very, very patience and care.
I have not tried with floss because I think it is more opaque and to remove the beads shine.

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