Threading stlyes

[Icelandic Hitman]

How do you thread your needle :-

Two separate strands ?
One strand folded in half with the loop at the far end?
One strand folded in half and slid over the needle head?


I have recently switched to loop over the needle head method from loop at the far end.

Pros:
Even tension, so better looking stitches
The needle never comes of the thread, no more hunts in the carpet.
When you finish a thread early, you still get a single piece when you cut it, instead of 2 short pieces.

Cons:
You can't take the needle off and use it to pull out mistake stitches, you need to feed the needle back through the fabric, 80% of the time this is fine, but if you have pieced another thread in half oh boy...

[Lunariah]

That is the method I have always used for stitching. My needle was always sliding off the end of the threads when I did it any other way. For me, it seems to keep the thread smoother also: less fuzzing up the ends of the thread.

[RMDC]

I use separate strands, and it generally works all right for me, though I've had a few moments where major surgery was necessary. I've never tried doubling a single strand. I do enough mid-strand corrections that it would probably drive me nuts.

[Ally]

I cut a long single strand that I fold at the loop of the needle so I end up working with '2' strands. It was the way I learned and I honestly thought everyone stitched that way!

[DuckyBelkins]

I use two strands. I like to use long strands at a time, I can't imagine how long I'd have to cut a single thread to fold it over if I wanted to try that method.

[blackmageheart]

I cut a long single strand that I fold at the loop of the needle so I end up working with '2' strands. It was the way I learned and I honestly thought everyone stitched that way!

I do this, when I'm using even numbers of strands.
I have tried the other way, and it's just as good, but I like this one best. I never have a problem with dropping needles, thread fuzzing up or stitch tension and I rarely need to do corrections anyway, so the far end loop suits me fine!

[iamnotadoll]

i use one strand folded over with the loop at the bottom, and I use a self-threading needle. any leftover thread goes back onto the bobbin

[RMDC]

I've become a convert to single strands doubled over now that I've given it a shot. At worst, you can fix mistakes by snipping the thread just behind the needle, turning it into a two-strand tweed that can be pulled out as normal.

[TheMainlander]

I use a single thread, with the two ends threaded through the eye, but I like some of the benefits being mentioned for looping at the needle. My only concern is, and again this might be because of my (lack of) skill level, but when I end I always have one strand longer than the other. Do you need to adjust the loop at the needle to overcome this tendency when you're looped at the needle? That concern aside, I think I might have to start a new threading style...