Tip 1: A great beginner project for conductive thread is to make a pair of touch screen  compatible gloves. Just sew a bit conductive yarn into the tip of the finger leaving the tail inside the finger of the glove. The yarn conducts from the screen inside the glove to your finger so you don't have to take your gloves off to use your phone. This thread is stainless steel but the fuzziness of the yarn will make sure it won't scratch the glass

Tip 2: This is an embroidered circuit that Ada made in 2008 with silver-plated nylon thread and over time the filings that comprise the plating tarnish and oxidized and prevent electrons from being able to flow the thread turns black and circuit stops working.

Tip 3: Ada highly recommend using an embroidery hoop to stablize your fabric especially if you'are new to sewing in general it'll hold the fabirc taut like the head of a drum so all you have to worry about is where the thread goes. It's easiest to thread your needle when the thread has a clean-cut edge that's been moistened a little bit. Conductive thread act like uninsulated wire so when we're making circuits with it if to make sure to secure the tails of the thread so they flow around and cause any short-circut. One way to do that is as you see here to take the needle on the back of your work and twist it in between previous stiches and then cut the tail short.

Tip 4: Different types of stiches will have different functional and asethetic qualities that you'll want to konw about before you begin your project so do your research on some basic hand embroidery stiches here doing a basic running stich but i'm also catching the tail of thread on the exterior of the garment the kind of traces where the power line goes as well as supplies an additional conductor

Tip 5: Ada favorite way to seal the ends of conductive thread is a clear nail polish and you just dab a little bit on the knot. Let it dry and then cut it shirt. Otherwise the knots have a tendency to loosen because the steel is such a springy substance but if you seal them like this the connection will be very strong and lasts a really long time.

Tip 6:This thread has a tendency to get very twisted  and so if you are having that problem just let it hang out. 

Tip 7: If you'are sewing on a very thick garment like this jacket you can use a pair of pliers to help pull the needle through the fabric. Your multi-meter is a critical tool in any wearable projects and you should make sure you check for shorts before your power up your projects.

Tip 8: For small components like these smart pixels, i like to seal in the components with clear nail polish. It just helps me double insure i won't have any shorts in my circuit these are DP smart pixels share power and ground lines but need one short data connection between ech pixel as they chain together. Here you can see that instead of tying a knot at each end of this short connection and making it doubled over with one length of thread tied in one knot in the center of the junction.

Tip 9: The pixels in this jackets are all working fine but if one of your pixels not lighting up it can prevent all of the rest of them in the chain from lighting up as well so to identify the the bad pixels use alligator clips to short the data pin from your flora to the next possible working pixel and you can figure out which one's wrong find out what's wrong in the circuit. and repair or replace it.These pixels can draw a lot of current so conductive thread might not be the best material to use for power and ground rails for large quantities of pixel. For just a few though, it works greats. We'll show you how to make this jacket in an upcoming episode. So now's a 

Tip 10: You should always use the right tool for the job and in this pcb gone jacket tutorial. I showed you how to use stranded wire to carry the current from the battery pack in the pocket up to lilypad and conductive thread to make a zipper switch it's activated when the metal zipper pull passes by two small pads of conductive thread