| If you're like me, you don't spend a whole lot of time | | | | soft, comfy seams in mediumweight to heavyweight |
| thinking about thread. Yes, we'll stand at the thread | | | | knit fabrics. |
| display long enough to pick a decent color match, but | | | | Because these threads have stretch in them, you can't |
| by that point, we've got the fabric in hand and all we | | | | go speed crazy when winding your bobbin. In fact, go |
| want to do is go home and start putting this thing | | | | a good bit slower than you would ordinarily, otherwise |
| together! Sewing with knits, however, requires at least | | | | the thread may stretch as it winds and the outcome |
| a minute of thought since the wrong thread can give | | | | of that is puckered seams. If there's one good way to |
| less than fabulous results. | | | | disappoint a seamstress with a vision, some ugly |
| Synthetic fiber thread is the sewing thread of choice | | | | puckered seams will do it (yeah, I see you over there |
| for knit fabric, due to its strength. Synthetic fibers also | | | | trying to iron yours out...it's no use, they're still puckered). |
| offer stretch, a required benefit, since the fabric you're | | | | As far as color matching your thread, you probably |
| sewing will need to stretch, too. You'll want to choose | | | | already know to go a shade darker than your fabric |
| a polyester or cotton-wrapped polyester thread but | | | | rather than lighter, unless you want to see the thread |
| what type will depend on the fabric weight you'll be | | | | on your piece. On the other hand, if you don't feel like |
| using. | | | | buying 3,4 or 5 spools of a particular color (sergers do |
| For medium to heavyweight fabrics, an all-purpose | | | | that to a gal) grey thread is an excellent all 'round color |
| thread is perfect, if you're working with lightweight knits, | | | | to use. A couple shades of grey in your sewing box |
| go for the extra-fine. For serging, you'll likely use cones | | | | make a wonderful go-to thread when you can't be |
| of thread, again polyester or cotton-wrapped. Also | | | | bothered with picking up an exact match or when the |
| available on cones is a pretty cool alternative called | | | | project doesn't require everything to be "just so" (or as |
| wooly nylon thread which is kind of squishy (that's the | | | | we say in the biz...just sew). |
| only way I can describe it) and makes wonderfully | | | | |