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kaydeefalls
Wow, do I have bad sewing karma today or WHAT.
I'm not great with a needle, but I'm very good at basic sewing -- i.e. sewing patches on things. I ripped a small hole in a pair of jeans a few weeks ago, so I put on an iron-on patch. Which I knew was only going to be a temporary solution, because that stuff wears off fast. So the patch is coming undone, so today I went to sew it on properly. Stitch, stitch, stitch, all fine, except the thread gets tangled pulling it through once, and a tiny knot develops. After spending a few minutes tugging at it, I give up the knot for lost and cut it off, then try gluing the loose ends together. No such luck. I cut off the little gluey bits and tie the ends together. Of course, THAT tiny knot won't pull through the jeans. I give up, cut off the knot, tie off either loose end and restart stitching from there, sadly accepting the loss of a fair little length of thread. Stitch, stitch, stitch -- and, pulling the stitch through, the thread snaps near the needle. Goddamn it. Get rid of the bit of string still attached to the needle, go to rethread the patch-string into the needle. A bit gets caught in the eye, and, giving it a little tug, my threader-thing breaks.
I give up.
I'm not great with a needle, but I'm very good at basic sewing -- i.e. sewing patches on things. I ripped a small hole in a pair of jeans a few weeks ago, so I put on an iron-on patch. Which I knew was only going to be a temporary solution, because that stuff wears off fast. So the patch is coming undone, so today I went to sew it on properly. Stitch, stitch, stitch, all fine, except the thread gets tangled pulling it through once, and a tiny knot develops. After spending a few minutes tugging at it, I give up the knot for lost and cut it off, then try gluing the loose ends together. No such luck. I cut off the little gluey bits and tie the ends together. Of course, THAT tiny knot won't pull through the jeans. I give up, cut off the knot, tie off either loose end and restart stitching from there, sadly accepting the loss of a fair little length of thread. Stitch, stitch, stitch -- and, pulling the stitch through, the thread snaps near the needle. Goddamn it. Get rid of the bit of string still attached to the needle, go to rethread the patch-string into the needle. A bit gets caught in the eye, and, giving it a little tug, my threader-thing breaks.
I give up.
