At 2.2 by 2.9 inches with a one inch blade, these live in a project bag permanently and never take up room worth complaining about. That is the case for a dedicated pair of embroidery scissors over whatever is in the kitchen drawer. A short, finely tapered blade gets in between stitches and cuts thread flush to the fabric without snagging what is around it, where fabric shears are too blunt to reach and a bitten-off thread always leaves a tail. This bright pink sunflower pair arrives wound on a reusable thread card bobbin, which is a nicer home than a plastic clamshell and useful long after. Slip them in with a cross stitch kit, keep them by the mending pile, or add them to a craft kit for the person who owns everything except a decent pair of thread snips. They are properly sharp, so keep them out of small hands.
What are embroidery scissors used for? Embroidery scissors have short, sharp, finely tapered blades made for snipping thread close to the fabric without catching the surrounding stitches. They are used in cross stitch, hand embroidery, quilting, and small mending work, where full-size fabric shears are too blunt and too bulky to reach into tight spaces.
