Shuttle joins

Here is a tricky way to get rid of the bump on shuttle joins. Place the picot over the thread as you would in a normal join. To make the shuttle joins flat, you need to have both threads on shuttles. Draw the shuttle thread through the picot but instead of passing the ring shuttle through the loop, pass the ball or chain shuttle through. The join is now tightened up using the ring shuttle. This has the advantage over regular shuttle joins in that there is no bump and it can be easily opened up if you make a mistake. It is still a shuttle join in that you have pulled the ring thread through the picot. Really it is just the opposite of a normal join.

Thank you for this tip Suzann Welker.



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