You can use a technique called "Railroading" to prevent the floss from twisting!
Here’s how to do it :
Stitch by bringing the needle up through the fabric and pull the floss along the fabric in the direction that the stitch will go (so the floss is lying flat over the hole where the needle will go down). If the strands are not perfectly flat and parallel, give them a flick with your fingernail to smooth them. Then insert the needle between the strands (be careful not to split a strand) and go down to complete the leg.
Below are more detailed steps:
- pull needle up from the fabric
- use fingers to hold the floss
- needle go down in between of the floss
- the 1st half stitch done
- repeat the same for the other half stitch
- done for full stitch
After sometimes, when you are used to this stitching method, you may not need to hold your floss with fingers, and directly put the needle go through the between of the flosses.
Here are the effects of the "Railroading" stitching method:
Thank you, this is very interesting and it does look very neat. My problem usually is, as someone mentioned, I end up with one strand significantly shorter than the other. Yet, I wonder, with this method, is it possible to "undo" the stitches? I am making mistakes quite regularly and have to go back. With normal stitches it is not difficult, but i wonder how it would be when one uses this method. If someone has experience about this, I would be very interested.
Hi, you just unpick the same as normal all you are doing with railroading is making the stitches lay flat and the thread from twisting as you do the stitch. You use this method when using two threads together 2 over 2 sounpicking is just the same. Hope this helps.
Ik gebruik deze methode sinds kort en ondanks dat je wat langzamer borduurt vind ik het waard om het te doen de draden vooral van de donkere kleuren liggen mooi naast elkaar en het ziet er veel mooier uit. Ben nogal een pietje precies dus is deze methode super voor mij
I forgot about this method. Probably because I still cannot get the strands to lie flat and it takes me so much longer. But I think I am inspired to try railroad method again on the new project I plan to start tonight.
Interesting, thank you. I usually run the needle between the threads without holding them down, works most of the time, but not always. I will try this method on my next project.
A mi lo que me suele pAsar es que comienzo con las dos hebras del mismo tamaño. Pero siempre acabo con una más corta que la otra. Y no se porque me pasa.
I thought railroad is only for 2 threads? When I use more than 2, I use laying tool or tekobari (the Japanese name for laying tool, since it's use for Japanese embroidery).
Without going into too much detail about this tool, I've linked to a site where you can search that explains a laying tool.
needlenthread dot com
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