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Threads and floss cards - help! (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by StickyDango@lemmy.world to c/lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works

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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. 🤗

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[–] DrPop@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I do this too. You can get some cheaper bins at Walmart. I think for like$5.