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

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

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        • AetasA
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          Sometimes I cut the chainstitch runoff.

          But a knot can look nice.
          IMG_0198.jpeg

          Triple cainstitch runoff twisted plait …
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          • RobeOfTheMagiR
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            @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 SanD
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              😂🤣🤪

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              • G
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                Personally I love em

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

                  I like the idea of setting them in resin though.

                  IMG_8527.jpeg

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                  • Go For ChillG
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                    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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                    • ARNCA
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                      @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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                      • jordanscollectedJ
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                        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 ChillG
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                          @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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                          • MizmazzleM
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                            @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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                            • AetasA
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                              @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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                              • BoitB
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                                @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
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                                  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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                                  • GilesG
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                                    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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                                    • AetasA
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                                      @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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                                      • mclaincauseyM
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                                        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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                                        • GraemeEG
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                                          @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

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                                          • mclaincauseyM
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                                            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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