{"id":4621,"date":"2021-02-20T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/?p=4621"},"modified":"2021-02-20T14:06:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T19:06:21","slug":"how-to-use-a-twin-needle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/how-to-use-a-twin-needle\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use a Twin Needle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I love it when I master new sewing skills. &nbsp;Being able to do something well makes the difference in my finished sewing, from looking a bit home-made to looking pretty damn good. &nbsp;The <a title=\"Craftsy Sewing with Knits review, DISCOUNT and GIVEAWAY\" href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/craftsy-sewing-with-knits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sewing with Knits<\/a> course introduced me to <strong>how to use a twin needle<\/strong>, especially for hemming knit fabrics. &nbsp;But it has other uses too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/twin-needles.jpg\" alt=\"how to use a twin needle\" class=\"wp-image-6177 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/twin-needles.jpg 400w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/twin-needles-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/twin-needles-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/400;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/twin-needles.jpg\" alt=\"how to use a twin needle\" class=\"wp-image-6177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/twin-needles.jpg 400w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/twin-needles-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/twin-needles-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you remember my <a title=\"Cowl neck knit dress- free pattern\" href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/cowl-neck-knit-dress-free-pattern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cowl neck dress<\/a>?&nbsp; I struggled so much finishing the hem on that dress that it just kept getting shorter and shorter as I cut off more botched attempts until eventually, I left the hem unfinished! &nbsp;This was what prompted me to sign up for the Sewing with Knits course, and eventually, I was able to master the use of the twin or double-needle and now I hem my knit fabrics with confidence. The finish looks really good and it just shows how you can get a good result on knit fabrics without any special stitches or serger &#8211; the twin needle stitched hemline just uses a regular straight stitch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The twin needle can be used for a neat finish to hems, cuffs, necklines, and sleeves on your stretch projects, but did you know that you can also get really pretty results using it with decorative stitches and different colored thread?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at the video I made showing you how to use, thread, and enjoy sewing with the twin needle. &nbsp;It covers the knit fabric hem as well as decorative stitching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"548\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t5eEPCj-LGE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<strong>Subscribe to the YouTube channel:<\/strong>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/apis.google.com\/js\/platform.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"debyatsoseweasy\" data-layout=\"full\" data-count=\"default\"><\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<p>The twin needle is certainly one of my favorite sewing tools and you might even be able to come up with some more interesting ideas about how to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P.S. &#8211; if you love the nifty needle threader I use in the video &#8211; you can find it here &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0054P8UGC\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0054P8UGC&linkCode=as2&tag=soseea-20\">Dritz Machine Needle Inserter and Threader<br><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the <strong>knit stay tape<\/strong> used can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3pH7TKu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<h2>If You'd Like To Support Our Site<\/h2>\r\nIf you want to help us continue to bring you a wide selection of <a href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/free-sewing-patterns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free sewing patterns<\/a> and projects, please consider buying us a coffee.\u00a0 We'd really, really appreciate it.\r\n\r\n<center><div class=\"ko-fi-button\" data-text=\"Buy me a coffee!\" data-color=\"#ff5f5f\" data-code=\"\" id=\"kofiShortcode720Html\" style=\"float: none; text-align: left;\"><\/div><\/center>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love it when I master new sewing skills. &nbsp;Being able to do something well makes the difference in my finished sewing, from looking a bit home-made to looking pretty damn good. &nbsp;The Sewing with Knits course introduced me to how to use a twin needle, especially for hemming knit \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/how-to-use-a-twin-needle\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":309,"featured_media":6177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[8,4,163,89,38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4621"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68474,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4621\/revisions\/68474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}