this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2025
22 points (100.0% liked)

Cross stitch and embroidery

1352 readers
31 users here now

Share your stitching and meet new crafty folks! All forms of embroidery and all skill levels welcome 🪡


  1. All instance rules apply: see sidebar at sh.itjust.works

  2. WIP/FO Posts should include pattern details (at least name, preferably link).

  3. Relevant self-promo from community members is acceptable but will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Exclusively salesy posts may be removed.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

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. 🤗

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours 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.