I so appreciate a good tool. Not only does the right tool often help achieve a better result, it can actually make the task at hand enjoyable…even if the task is snipping threads off a finished product. I never would’ve thought I’d say that.

And I probably never would, if it weren’t for my trusty little thread nipper. So I thought I’d share. I used to snip those nasty little thread tails with a pair of Fiskars Micro-Tip Scissors. Those weren’t bad, but sometimes you just can’t get close enough. Then I tried the Fiskars ShortCut Snip, which I got all excited about trying after seeing an instructor use it in a sewing class. Those were TERRIBLE. Well maybe my pair was defective or something because 3 people gave it 5 stars on joann.com, but those things were blunt and just would not cut.

And then, during my Getting to Know Your Janome class or whatever it was called at The Sewing Machine Shop in Walnut Creek where I bought my machine, the instructor (Linda) recommended the Havel’s Snip-Eze embroidery scissors. Aaaaaaah. Like a breath of fresh air. They’re light and probably easy to break, but I just stuck an adhesive hook to the side of my machine, and my trusty nippers hang in waiting for me to grab them and snip snip snip away. I like the fact that you don’t have to stick your fingers through any standard scissor holes, which makes them so easy to well, grab them and snip snip snip away. Like I said.

They were a bit pricey though I thought, ESPECIALLY after I spotted them at Jo-Ann Fabric where I could have used a 40% off coupon to buy them. Rats. But I try not to think about that and just enjoy having the perfect pair of thread cutters. Yay.

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