How many miles would my stitches reach?
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How many miles would my stitches reach?
My brother just called with what I thought was an 'off the wall' question about how far would all of the stitches reach that I have stitched since I began sewing 55 or so years ago. My first thought was how in the world would I know. After we joked about it for a bit my DB said I should ask my forum friends how you would go about figuring it out. So, folks, where do I start?
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12 stitches to the inch...x36 per yard x however many yards in a mile....etc. Safe to say "a bunch"
63,330 inches in a mile x 12 = 759,960 stitches in a mile. Someone else can take it from here...
63,330 inches in a mile x 12 = 759,960 stitches in a mile. Someone else can take it from here...
Last edited by erstan947; 02-07-2012 at 04:02 PM.
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Wouldn't it be: 12 stitches/inch X 36 inches per yard X 146.6 yards in a mile, or 63,331 stitches per mile? (Maybe?) Where are all our Math teachers when we need them?? (My estimate is based on straight-line sewing...): sew, for every 63,331 stitches you have sewn one mile...I dare you to figure it out from there! (Because I can't!)
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But that is a good question, because different thread has different thicknesses. But it might give you a ballpark figure. I think I have some spools that hold 5000 yards or 5000 meters. So that would be between 2- 3 miles, right? If I use it up, then, I can make a reasonable guesstimate of how much I've sewn.
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