Stitching over 1 on high count fabric

[tausigma]

I'm trying to stitch 1 over 1 on 28ct evenweave. I have no problem starting a thread as I use an away knot and stitch over the thread. When I end a thread I would normally go underneath a few stitches on the back. But there is no space under the over one stitches at all.
How do you end threads in these cases? I really want to stitch more projects over one on 28-32ct fabric but I have to solve this issue first.

[richardandtracy]

I'm doing my first 2 over 1 tent stitch on 28ct and having a similar sort of problem when I start each page of the chart. As a result, I am taking the tails off in a direction I know I'll be filling in later and doing the equivalent of a remote knot. Basically, I take the thread through the front of the fabric some way away and leave it there for a while, and snip it off once the bit of thread on the back has been stitched over enough.

The picture I'm doing has lots of confetti, so a thick mat rapidly builds up on the back of the fabric, and once I've stitched more than about 10mm square of the picture I use that mat to do the tie offs - go under three back over 1 and under two. In most cases the threads in the mat are no longer than the stitches on the back of 14ct aida, so I feel confident they'll hold the thread end.

Hope this helps a little,

Richard.

[tausigma]

Yeah, I have done that with my HAED.
But I'm talking about samplers here. You have to start and stop threads neatly all the time. And when I finish a thread I have to immediately secure it.

[richardandtracy]

Gaagh!

My way to tackle it is... Do something else!

Richard.

[MaggieM1750]

I tent stitch when I work over 1 on evenweave.
It looks the same on the front, but there is the long diagonal on the back.
I can slip my needle under those stitches and secure my thread.

Also, maybe loosen up a bit on your tension.
You should be able to get a needle through the back of stitches.