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. 🤗
I have the same bobbins / cards for the same reason. It has been a few years and none of them are showing signs of aging. Almost all of mine have a lot more floss on them though (my privilege is showing). Not sure if my technique is what you’re doing or if it’ll work for you, but here is what I do: I tend to start the floss in the bottom 2 slits (once in each one) and then I wrap it on the main part of the bobbin. When done I try to still go back and hit both slits again, but this time 2 times each if possible.
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.
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.
I feel like I can picture it, but I could be completely wrong. A photo would be most helpful if you have a minute. 😊
Here, I hope this makes it a bit clearer. But if you have anymore questions feel free to ask.
That's fantastic. I definitely got it wrong in my head. I'll give it a go, thank you.