I am probably not the first person to do this. But I thought I would share the info anyway as it really does help me.
With my recent eye surgeries, I have had a heck of a time unpicking a seam when a mistake was made (I do that a lot!). It's better now that I have new glasses and can tell what I'm doing now lol.
Sometimes for whatever reason, usually when sewing something thick or unruly, the sewing machine likes, let's call it "stall" a little bit which of course tightens your entire seam up to a stitch you can barely see anymore.
Then you dread it, when you realize that you have to undo it all and make a correction.
Well, over the years I have learn a small work around for this problem. I will call it the "tug and pop" method.
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Tug: So there it is, so tight you don't even know where to start
unpicking it. Sigh, then grab the magnifing glass or whatever you prefer to
use and at about an 1 inch (2.5 cm) away from the area you need to undo, try
to find at least one or two stitches that are will to come free with your
picker. The trick here is to NOT BREAK the THREAD TAIL. Your thread tail can
be on either side; right side or wrong side of the fabric. Just do whatever
works best for you. Once you have a small thread tail long enough for you to
grab with your hand you can start with the "pop" portion of this
method.
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Pop: You've got your thread tail, now what? Very gently so that
not to break it, pull on your thread tail. You should at some point feel or
even hear a small "pop" which is the thread from the other side popping up
and creating a small loop on the side where your thread tail is. With your
picker, carefully pull up the loop to bring the thread up from the other
side. Pull the loop out so that you have the thread from both sides showing
on the one side.
