I usually just hold the thread in the left hand, flat against the row I'm cross-stitching over, but I think that's a 301 technique, after your hands each know their proper jobs.
I think the trick of using a needle threader to slide the free end under the stitching should be better known. It's so easy to take that one last stitch and find out you haven't left enough thread to slide the threaded needle through the back. (You can also buy tools to do this, but a needle threader works fine.)
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Date: 2014-11-07 01:38 am (UTC)I think the trick of using a needle threader to slide the free end under the stitching should be better known. It's so easy to take that one last stitch and find out you haven't left enough thread to slide the threaded needle through the back. (You can also buy tools to do this, but a needle threader works fine.)
http://www.stardetailors.com/ is one gadget vendor.