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I thought I read somewhere on here about someone doing a "pinpoint stitch", but Google has not helped me figure out what this is. Is that actually a stitch or did I most likely misread something?

Is it the Pin Stitch you might be looking for?
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That sounds like what I was talking about. Thank you!

Thanks for posting this! I like my loop starts from the front when stitching Confierous Forest (2x1 on 18ct), but I'll be trying this for ending the threads.

Everything I've read says you can't use this method over 1 on high counts like 28ct, but I'm wondering if you could use the same principle and go down in the bottom right hole of the stitch, up in the top right hole, down in the bottom right, and then up in the bottom left to start the cross? The pin stitch would be between cross stitches rather than in the middle underneath, but it would still be hidden and anchored by the stitches around it, wouldn't it? Has anyone tried it? Would it work?

I am also curious about this since my confetti heavy piece is being stitched 1 over 1 on 25 ct linen. So far it hasn't been an issue, but I also have started doing a bunch of the confetti...

I use both the pin head stitch and an adapted version, where I make the bottom cross by going down into the middle hole (or into the centre of an aida block) and once you put the top stitch over it looks fine and is a good way of starting from the front, although I do usually use a loop start from the front. I do put a tiny knot in the end of the thread when I do either the pin head or adapted as a guide to how far to pull the thread through!

I don't see why it wouldn't work to do that way Bizzielizzie, if you try it can you report on it?

With my lowery extender on it makes flipping it over more difficult so I just do everything from the front now, so I start with a loop or adapted and finish with the real pin head. The only problem with the adapted is if you with an adjacent stitch come UP through the same hole as the first UP of the adapted. It can pull the thread loose. So I always go down into that hole even if I have to do a strange stitch, but I tend to swap over which way I do my crosses anyway.


Niki xxx

Fizzbw wrote:I don't see why it wouldn't work to do that way Bizzielizzie, if you try it can you report on it?

As luck would have it, over the weekend I sewed HAED Mini Time IV onto a small scroll frame that I was given for Christmas. I started Mini Time IV in a hoop ages ago as an experiment to find out what 28ct fabrics I like and has been on the backburner since I discovered Jazlyn and Jobelan, so it's the perfect candidate for a pinhead stitch experiment. I'll have a play tonight (DH has offered to cook dinner so I'll have extra time ) and will let you know how I get on.

Are you stitching it 1 over 1?

I am indeed.

Can't wait to see how it works out.

Well, after a bit of playing around on 28ct Brittney 1x1 ... IT WORKED!

This is what I did to start a new thread (I stitch my crosses bottom left to top right, then bottom right to top left):
- down top right
- up bottom right
- down top right
- up bottom left to start cross
- snip tail
- down top right to finish the first leg of the cross: takes the remaining tail fluff to the back of the fabric

This is what I did to finish a thread:
- up bottom right
- down top right
- up bottom right
- snip tail: any tail fluff still on the front will be taken to the back when I complete the stitch below it.

I also tried the pinhead stitch in holes where there was already a parked thread and it was fine - I just had to hold the parked thread out of the way with my other hand.

The only problem I had was that a couple of times the pinhead stitch slipped under the weave to the back of the fabric. I found that this wouldn’t happen as long as the weave of the fabric immediately to the left of the pinhead stitch had the horizontal weave on top.

The first couple of stitches I did were ever so slightly raised by having a pinhead stitch underneath, but with practice I found that pulling the pinhead stitch tighter prevented this and you can’t tell which crosses have the pinhead underneath.

So … next time you read on the internet that something can’t be done, ignore it and try anyway!

Do you think you could start and stop on the same stitch?

verajane wrote:Do you think you could start and stop on the same stitch?

I suppose technically you could, but it would make that stitch bulky. Personally I would stick to starting and ending the thread at different stitches.

Thanks for reporting back from the field!