5 tips to avoid thread tangles in your embroidery project — Embellished Elephant

It seems so simple - you just want one or two threads from the six stranded floss … and 30 seconds later you have a big old tangle that you spend 5 minutes wrestling with before you win or give up. Thread tangles are not unique to embroidery, every thread or yarn based craft I’ve ever tried I’ve ha

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Metallic thread can twist, tangle and fray! I was able to minimise these problems, and create the artwork below, by stitching with a shorter length than I might with a cotton floss.

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