<p>I tend to leave a tail and then stitch over the tail as I progress, anchoring it. This is especially easy if you're using a thick, colored fabric. Cheap white flour-sack towel type fabric makes this method difficult, where every single piece of thread is visible through the fabric.</p>

<p>For some different no-knot techniques, I love the tutorials by Mary Corbet:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.needlenthread.com/2008/09/beginning-and-ending-threads-photo.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Beginning and Ending Threads: Photo Tutorials on Common Methods</a></p>

<p>You can get lost in all her tutorials! The pictures are always well lit, in focus, and plentiful. Her descriptions are, for me at least, very easily followed. She has helped me really advance my embroidery techniques.  </p>

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<p>I am following <a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Thread-a-Needle-and-Tie-a-Knot" rel="noreferrer">this tutorial</a> for</p>

<ol>
<li>Cutting thread for embroidery project</li>
<li>Threading the needle</li>
<li>Adding a knot to end of needle</li>
</ol>

<p>What is the alternative to adding knot to of end to needle. </p>

<p>I wish to avoid back-stitch as it adds bulk to stitch.</p>

<p>How else can I secure the front and end of my hand-stitches?</p>

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How can I secure the front and end of my hand-stitches without adding knot to needle, or back-stitching
Marium
# How can I secure the front and end of my hand-stitches without adding knot to needle, or back-stitching

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-09-23)

I am following [this tutorial](https://www.wikihow.com/Thread-a-Needle-and-Tie-a-Knot) for

1. Cutting thread for embroidery project
2. Threading the needle
3. Adding a knot to end of needle

What is the alternative to adding knot to of end to needle.

I wish to avoid back-stitch as it adds bulk to stitch.

How else can I secure the front and end of my hand-stitches?

**Tags:** sewing, embroidery


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-09-23. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

I tend to leave a tail and then stitch over the tail as I progress, anchoring it. This is especially easy if you're using a thick, colored fabric. Cheap white flour-sack towel type fabric makes this method difficult, where every single piece of thread is visible through the fabric.

For some different no-knot techniques, I love the tutorials by Mary Corbet:

[Beginning and Ending Threads: Photo Tutorials on Common Methods](https://www.needlenthread.com/2008/09/beginning-and-ending-threads-photo.html)

You can get lost in all her tutorials! The pictures are always well lit, in focus, and plentiful. Her descriptions are, for me at least, very easily followed. She has helped me really advance my embroidery techniques.


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