I have never bought anything from Amazon and I don’t plan on it. I do understand that sometimes it’s the only place to find something that a person might NEED though - and at a price they can afford, so I don’t hate on the people on tight budgets that can’t find an item anywhere else. (It’s like when people buy stuff from Walmart, Target, etc. sometimes it’s the only place where you can get necessities.) However, if you can afford to get it somewhere else then do it…or if you can only find it on Amazon maybe reassess if you ACTUALLY need it.

I don’t knot the thread like in the picture. I anchor it into the fabric.

1 - Pass the thread through the fabric once, leaving a short tail. 2 - Pass it through the same spot to form a loop, keeping that tail from step 1. 3 - Pass it through the loop, but not all the way to form a second loop. 4 - Hold the tail, pull the second loop to tighten the first loop down to the fabric. 5 - Pass your thread through the second loop and tighten down to the fabric. (Sometimes I do a third loop before this step, but not always.) You have now anchored your thread.