It is with sadness that I say that I wish the current magazine was as good as it was in the first two decades. I've let my subscription lapse because of how basic most of the articles have become. I used to really look forward to getting Threads in the mail. Now I see useful things on the email posts sometimes, and hope that what I see on newsstands convinces me to once again subscribe.

I think this is another example of how thread has changed - having read it since my sister subscribed to the very first issue. I know from experience, as I am sure do many subscribers, that if you don't stagger the notches on a cure that you will end up with bumps or "pokies".

The pinking shears idea is good for some applications, but Threads has certainly gotten more specialized and dumbed down over the years.