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

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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.
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    Triple cainstitch runoff twisted plait …
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    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.

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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:
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                  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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                            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"! 😂😭

                            John 1 1-3 ❤️♥️❤️♥️

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                              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

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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...

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                                  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.

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                                    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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                                      mclaincausey
                                      見習いボス
                                      Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                      See? No harm whatsoever, ya just cut em if ya don’t want em. If only more preferences were this easy to deal with.

                                      Think it, be it.

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                                        CosmoSix5
                                        Haraki san Prodigy
                                        @Giles
                                        Joined: 4 Sept 2023

                                        @Giles I like it! 😁 😂

                                        John 1 1-3 ❤️♥️❤️♥️

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                                          Boit
                                          Haraki san Expert
                                          @CosmoSix5
                                          Joined: 13 Apr 2013

                                          @CosmoSix5 Personally, I’d be bummed if they not included. They make such fun souvenirs. I keep all the shirts in my memory (dish)…even if I sell them. 🤣

                                          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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