The easiest way to fix a mistake on a needlepoint project - pulling out stitches & securing thread

Melissa from The Wool & The Floss needlepoint shop introduces a custom-made, exclusive tool that features a Loran needle threader and comes in various colors. Melissa demonstrates how to use the tool to carefully remove unwanted stitches from a needlepoint project without undoing the entire section. The tool helps secure and bury loose threads efficiently, even with bulky threads. This "magical" tool simplifies fixing mistakes, saving time and effort in stitching projects.

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TRANSCRIPT:

So today, we're here to discuss this magic little tool I have in my hand.

This is made by my custom woodworker, and it is exclusive to The Wool & The Floss. It has a Loran needle threader on the tip, and it comes in many different colors. Here's just a small sampling of the colors it comes in.

This comes in really handy when you've been stitching along and then realize you've made a mistake.

So, let me show you an example of where you might use this.

In this situation, Liz is working on this project. She has done a bunch of satin stitch that's actually padded—you can see that right there—and she's done a Smyrna knot in the middle here. She's decided that she actually doesn't want that Smyrna knot there anymore.

But this thread, and this thread, and this thread are all attached. She doesn't want to rip out everything because we're going to try to salvage what is there.

So, we're going to flip this canvas over, work from the back, and hope that I don't destroy her canvas—but I don't think I will.

This is the area where the Smyrna knot is, right there. So, we're going to cut that.

Now, we're obviously going to have live threads. I forgot to grab my needle!

We're going to kind of pluck this out and get this guy going. Let's see where we are on the front before I pick any more of this.

This is going to be a future project we're highlighting, so that's why we're kind of keeping some of it under wraps.

Let's make sure that this Smyrna knot is all gone. It's not quite gone—it's still in place. So, we're going to pull out a little bit more of it to get rid of that "X."

Now her knot is all gone, her padding is still in place, but now she has these loose, live threads.

Let's flip this back over to the back, and we're going to find where her threads start and stop.

Here is one end that we've cut in half, and here is the other end that we've cut in half. I believe we're good, but we're going to check one more time because you want to make sure you're doing this right.

This could be easier with a less bulky thread. Yes, all our threads are on the back.

In this case, this thread we can easily thread. But as you notice, even if I've threaded this, I won't be able to get it through my threads—I won't be able to bury it once I've threaded it. This one is way too short to thread for sure.

So, what we're going to do is show you how to use this magical tool.

What you're going to do is bury your thread first so it's all ready to go.

Here's where our needle threader comes in. Because this has a long handle, you can use it to thread your needle.

Put your little hook through there, take your thread, pull it into the hook, and pull the hook through your needle.

It's a little trickier again because it's a bulkier thread, but we are going to pull this through. A little tricky because it's a bulky thread, but now that is secured and in place.

I'm going to turn this one more time, and we're going to bury this end.

Again, use our handy-dandy threader. Put your hook in place. One thing I find easier is to make sure your hook is facing you because then you can wrap the thread inside that hook more easily.

Slide it through the eye of your needle. Now that is pulled through. We're going to trim that in a minute.

Now, what we've successfully done is secured both ends of this continual thread.

The knot that Liz wanted gone is gone! She'll just have to redo a couple of stitches instead of redoing the whole row.

So—magical tool! We love it here.