I like to refer to it as "reverse stitching"!

I think we are all masters at being ripped.

The point of my seam ripper broke I used it so much. Now I use a rotary cutter. After a little practice it becomes fast and easy to take seams out.

They are marvelous little tools aren't they. I can remember when I was a child and we had to use a flat razor blade to rip out our mistakes. I cut a lot of fabric trying to "fix" stuff, I can tell you. Keep going though. You'll get better.

Me too. I love my surgical ripper. Good friend.

Agh, I hear you. Used to hate ripping out stitches, until I learned a little hint. From the top, you only need to rip out about every 3rd or 4th stitch, then when you have done about 4 to 5 inches, pull from underside the thread. It does speed up the process.

My daughter, age 7, just started sewing and LOVES to use her seam ripper. I know that most people hate to do it, but I haven't said anything to her so maybe she won't hate it.

My old screename used to be StitchRipper, so i know where you are coming from. Just keep hanging in there, and maybe slow down a little on your stitiching.

You'll know you're getting the hang of things when you've named all the different kinds of seam rippers you own. My favorite is Jack. But then there's Mack, JJ (Jack Junior), etc. I swear I spent more time reverse engineering than anyone in my Intro to Quilting class and then I found out it wasn't their first quilting class. Go figure.

I just wrote a note on ripping stitches in the earlier topic today on paper piecing -- I think it's on page 4 -- check it out!