Next time you start a new ball/bobbin of thread, have a piece of card tubing
(e.g. from parcel wrapping or kitchen towel) and an elastic band handy:
- cut a piece of tube the length of your thread bobbin
- cut the card lengthwise open
- roll tightly up into itself without creasing it
- let unfurl, and put over the thread, tighten up if necessary
- secure on the outside of the cardboard with an elastic band
(this way the elastic does not touch the thread at all)
- you can even note on the outside the make and size of the thread
I have used this for many years on all sorts of things, e.g. kitchen foil,
parcel wrap and of course my lace threads.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
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