Good evening, everyone!

I’ve done a search through this group and I’m not able to find anything on my topic question, so I’ll create a post.

How do you organised your threads? I bought these plastic floss cards from Spotlight, and at first I thought they were a good idea because they’ll last longer than cardboard ones, but I’m having troubles with the threads coming undone.

4-6 strands on one seems to hold well, but when there’s only two, they start to unravel.

Any tips on how to manage this? Or should I start over with something else? I’m contemplating tiny pieces of painters tape to keep them together. I don’t even know if I’m wrapping them correctly.

Also tried trusty Google, but I don’t think I’ve used the right key words. A lot of results are not giving me what I need.

Thanks in advance. 🤗

  • StickyDango@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 days ago

    I suppose I could put more thread on the bobbins, but how do you manage the remaining 2/4 strands if you only use 2 out of 6?

    (I have poor terminology, sorry.) So we generally use two strands to stitch, and each floss (?) has 6 strands (?), right? What do you do with the 2/4 that you don’t use for the current project? Do you wind it back on the bobbin?

    My problem is that the last bit wrapped around the two bottom slits will still unwind to some degree, the 2/4 ones being much more of a mess than a full 6 strander.

    • Bunbury@feddit.nl
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      2 days ago

      See the little hole cutout at the top of the bobbin? I usually take the same bobbin that all of my 6 strand floss of the same color is on and I then loop it through the top. And if it’s so long it would get annoying I wind it around the rest top to bottom. I’ll see if I can take a picture of it later because I’m not sure I’m doing a great time explaining.

      • StickyDango@lemmy.worldOP
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        1 day ago

        I feel like I can picture it, but I could be completely wrong. A photo would be most helpful if you have a minute. 😊

        • Bunbury@feddit.nl
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          1 day ago

          Here, I hope this makes it a bit clearer. But if you have anymore questions feel free to ask.