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Does anyone else not *get* chainstitch runoff on shirts?

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    les.l
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 4 Oct 2024

    As a long time IH jeans and jackets owner i just recently re-joined the forum as i also just recently purchased a few shirts, 3 UHF, one 9 oz flannel, and a waffle shirt shipped and anxiously awaiting.
    Seeing some leave and some cut the chainstitch runoffs i personally am still undecided. Once they’re gone they’re gone so for now am leaving them, however if i do decide to remove them is there a way to best ensure no damage or unraveling will occur? Thanks for any advice.

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      goosehd
      Mod Squad
      @les.l
      Joined: 8 Apr 2016

      @les-l Just take a pair of scissors to them and no harm done. I leave maybe a mm or two when I do cut them, but don't think it's needed.

      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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        Matt
        見習いボス
        Joined: 4 Oct 2011

        The runoff is aesthetic. The hem is stitched above it so that it can’t unravel past the hem.

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          Aetas
          見習いボス
          Joined: 19 Jun 2013

          Sometimes I cut the chainstitch runoff.

          But a knot can look nice.
          IMG_0198.jpeg

          Triple cainstitch runoff twisted plait …
          IMG_0194.jpeg

          last edited by Aetas 4 Nov 2025, 10:17 11 Apr 2025, 07:05 A 1 Reply Last reply 11 Apr 2025, 13:46 Reply Quote 3
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            RobeOfTheMagi
            Haraki san Expert
            @Boit
            Joined: 15 Apr 2024

            @Boit said in Does anyone else not *get* chainstitch runoff on shirts?:

            I save mine in this little dish! Not sure why?…and what I may do with it? Maybe I’ll cast ‘em in clear epoxy?

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            Dude, I do the same thing with my belly button fluff!

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              Daniel San
              見習いボス
              Joined: 2 May 2020

              😂🤣🤪

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                Gavin666
                Raw and Unwashed
                Joined: 15 Jan 2024

                Personally I love em

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                  NickD
                  Raw and Unwashed
                  Joined: 17 Nov 2024

                  Mrs NickD tucks them back into the seam stitching for me.

                  I like the idea of setting them in resin though.

                  IMG_8527.jpeg

                  last edited by 11 Apr 2025, 13:00 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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                    Go For Chill
                    Haraki san Prodigy
                    Joined: 3 Jan 2025

                    It’s just a fun reminder when you’re buying the shirt of how high quality it is; even in the details nobody will ever see. I wouldn’t over think it too much. As some have mentioned, the shirt is stitched so that you can cut them off, which a lot of folks do. You don’t see many used ones for sale with the run off attached.

                    "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -Thomas Edison

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                      ARNC
                      啓蒙家
                      @Aetas
                      Joined: 13 Dec 2020

                      @Aetas I can’t help thinking that the plait looks like a giraffe (I think it’s the orientation /continuity with the triple stitching on the seam). I very much doubt chain stitch runoff sculpture will become a thing!

                      “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                        jordanscollected
                        啓蒙家
                        Joined: 13 Nov 2018

                        I twirl mine around my fingers (like girls in the 90's twirled their bangs) and make solid eye contact with my wife when I'm trying to get her attention.

                        world tours:
                        888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                        Mad Red x2
                        Wabidashery

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                          Go For Chill
                          Haraki san Prodigy
                          @jordanscollected
                          Joined: 3 Jan 2025

                          @jordanscollected That gives me a great idea. I might start having the wife hold my chainstitch runoff instead of my out-turned pocket while we are walking in public. “Hold my chainstitch!” 😆

                          "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -Thomas Edison

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                            Mizmazzle
                            見習いボス
                            @Go For Chill
                            Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                            @Go-For-Chill “Bikes!!”

                            In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                              Aetas
                              見習いボス
                              @Go For Chill
                              Joined: 19 Jun 2013

                              @Go-For-Chill said in Does anyone else not *get* chainstitch runoff on shirts?:

                              “Hold my chainstitch!” 😆

                              Boys oh boys….
                              But better than „Hold my triple chainstitch giraffe!“ 🫣

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                                Boit
                                Haraki san Expert
                                @RobeOfTheMagi
                                Joined: 13 Apr 2013

                                @RobeOfTheMagi oh my! How much have you collected? I imagine it to look like dryer lint?

                                WTB: IHJ-118-BLK/OLV XL, IHM-34-BLK L, IHSH-297-IND L, IHSH-399-ORA XL, IHWF-001-PUR L, IHSH-366-IND L

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                                • CosmoSix5C
                                  CosmoSix5
                                  Haraki san Prodigy
                                  Joined: 4 Sept 2023

                                  The professional seamstress that I work with is always telling me she hates the run off. "I want to cut it off every time"! 😂😭

                                  WTB Brund Flannel 2 or 3x

                                  last edited by 11 Apr 2025, 22:09 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                  • GilesG
                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    The professional who designs and makes our clothes likes it......:-)

                                    To me it is such a non-thing. If you like it, keep it. If you don't, get rid. 97 posts 🤯

                                    If we did not do it, you could not add it...

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                                    last edited by 11 Apr 2025, 22:28 CosmoSix5C 1 Reply Last reply 12 Apr 2025, 01:05 Reply Quote 5
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                                      Aetas
                                      見習いボス
                                      @Seul
                                      Joined: 19 Jun 2013

                                      @Seul said in in here:

                                      They mess with people with OCD so I keep 'm on… I'd even attach some if I could...

                                      last edited by 11 Apr 2025, 22:38 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                      • mclaincauseyM
                                        mclaincausey
                                        見習いボス
                                        Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                        I think I may have weighed in with these but I’m a couple beers in on a flight:
                                        Love em on shirts but don’t miss em

                                        I’ve been asked if they were Jewish orthodox tassels (I think the term is tzitzit?), so they stay. That kind of confusion just brightens my day 🤣

                                        Overlock stitch runoff on cut and sewn is annoying and gets cut

                                        Thank you for coming to my TED Talk

                                        Think it, be it.

                                        last edited by 11 Apr 2025, 23:08 GraemeEG 1 Reply Last reply 11 Apr 2025, 23:28 Reply Quote 6
                                        • GraemeEG
                                          GraemeE
                                          @mclaincausey
                                          Joined: 18 Sept 2022

                                          @mclaincausey said in Does anyone else not *get* chainstitch runoff on shirts?:

                                          tzitzit?

                                          Correct

                                          I have a sort of bris ceremony whenever I receive a shirt with them - its officially part of my routine

                                          last edited by GraemeE 4 Nov 2025, 23:28 11 Apr 2025, 23:28 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
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