Originally Posted by liminanc
I never use a seam ripper, stopped many years ago when I just made clothing, ruined too many wip. I just use scissors now, I have more control. I pull two pieces of fabric apart with my hands and get the scissors in the seam and snip just a little, then do it again etc, until I have the seam taken out.
This is the way my mother taught me. I use seam rippers, have about four of them, but will often go back to my small scissors to rip stitch by stitch. There must be something wrong with my tension because, try as I might, I am never able to just pull the bobbin thread.