Tips for ripping seams fast

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Here is a pictorial of how to quickly pull those threads. Comes in handy when ripping hems. First pop a couple stitches with your handy-dandy seam ripper, then pull on the other side. Break the thread and pull.

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Then flip the seam and pull the other side, you may need to trim the opposite side to get some slack.

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Keep alternating sides

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soon enough the threads are all pulled.

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Flip, pull and tear

The best part of this trick is that you鈥檙e not using the ripper in a way that creates a million little threads that you then need to clean up.

Please feel free to comment with any questions, I鈥檓 happy to answer!

Credit goes to Maria from the costume shop i worked at many years ago, she showed me this secret. 馃か

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PS to the knitters and crocheters, in case you don鈥檛 already know, frogging is called that because you rip (ribbit) out the stitches! 馃ぃ