JJ CeleryMar 7

To my non-sewing friends I thought I'd explain.

A thread chicken is a "game" sewists play when they can see the thread is running out, but they keep going regardless hoping to finish before the thread does run out.

Modern sewing machines use thread on top and the bottom. The bottom thread is wound from the main spool onto a tiny plastic spool called a bobbin.

The bobbin is in a casing under the sewing machine foot, so not visible while you're sewing.

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Attached: 1 image You wouldn't take me for a person who enjoys extreme sports but I just played - and won - bobbin chicken on a buttonhole :d20: #sewing

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Therefore playing bobbin chicken is a more extreme version of thread chicken: you won't know if you won or not until you're finished sewing the seam and check underneath. You can't usually tell you ran out while you're sewing.

Now onto buttonholes. Some machines have buttonholes done in several steps, but mine has a one-step buttonhole. This makes it faster and more consistent, but also makes it impossible to resume making one if you ran out of either main or bobbin thread.

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Show threadJJ CeleryMar 7

No, if you fuck up a buttonhole you have to start over. You must undo all the stitches, and then hope you didn't damage the fabric, and try again.

The buttonholes are made out of tiny stitches that are very very close together and it's A ROYAL PAIN IN THE ARSE to undo them. It's min 20 mins of work. You should do everything to never have to do that.

So playing chicken on a bobbin thread you can't see run out, on a stitch that will take you forever to fix?

Brave or very, very stupid.

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Himself has just sent me an absolutely perfect video demonstrating the feels when you play thread chicken and it's  

Enjoy!

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Show threadGranny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)Mar 9
@jjcelery omg the feels on this one! The suspense!
Show threadJJ CeleryMar 9
@artcollisions right?! Who needs crime dramas now 😂
Show threadGranny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)Mar 9
@jjcelery EXACTLY!
Show threadFrank SkorniaMar 9
@artcollisions @jjcelery If sewing became a category in the Olympics, Extreme Bobbin Chicken would have to be one of the events.
Factors would include winding the bobbin, thread choice (you can choose a thinner thread, but will your stitches break?), and percentage completed.
Show threadLIΞBΔCHMar 10
@artcollisions @jjcelery Almost unbearable!
Show threadGranny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)Mar 10
@liebach @jjcelery You get it.
Show threadMark DennehyMar 9
@jjcelery One does simply exit vi it seems :D
Show threadMattChippyteaMar 10
@jjcelery I don’t need this kind of stress
Show threadJJ CeleryMar 10
@Wifiwits I don't think anyone does but the thread gods clearly don't care for our mental wellbeing 🥲
Show threadLeoniekeMar 10
@jjcelery The feels!!
Show threadDavidMar 10
@jjcelery So, was anyone else holding their breath?
Show threadGondor1d ago
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Everyone with an FDM 3D printer can relate. 😁
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Show threadBruce Heerssen 1d ago
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Reminds me of running out of gas and coasting into the gas station.