Stitches

When I am doing Cross Stitch is it easier to do it with a Twin Pointed Needle?

If it is can you explain to me how a twin pointed needle works on the aida fabric?

Public Comments

1. Not dure, my moum says that its more difficult.
2. "Twin-Pointed Needles - A relatively new addition to the needle range, these needles have a point at each end and a single eye in the middle. Meant to be used with a stitching frame that allows use of both hands, stitchers can avoid the twisting motions that frequently cause repetitive stress injuries. Some stitchers like them, others don't. These are tapestry needles, meant for canvas/counted thread work." I would say no, because I would constantly stab myself. I've never actually used one, but best guess would be that you use it like a regular needle (either stabing or stitching, as you prefer). You just don't need to turn the needle to go back through the fabric.
3. I thought the twin pointed needle would be great. You can stitch more directly up and down. If you have a frame to hold your stitching it can speed your stitching time up as you can use one hand on top and one hand on bottom of the fabric and pass the needle directly back and forth. You don't have to wait for your stitching hand to get around the frame and turn the needle to push it back through. You also don't twist the thread so you don't have to stop to unwind it. Sounds great but while all that is true, it is also true that the thread tends to fray more. Makes sense when you look at the needle. It's a straight shank with no where to protect the thread as you pull it through. The thread rubs up against the fabric badly at every pass. Which causes fraying. And using frayed thread makes for an untidy project. Now I suppose you could fix that by only putting a short tail of thread through the eye of the needle. That would only fray the end of the thread and you could change thread a little sooner so that you don't use that frayed end. But whenever I try that I pull the short tail end out of the needle and have to stop to re-thread, thereby taking up time which defeats the speed I wanted from this style of needle.