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I had originally used these pretty mother-of-pearl rings to try to keep the skeins neat, but it never worked well; I think size 5 and 3 pearl cotton was just too thick. This idea (did I get it from Wild Olive? Pinterest? Who knows?) works much better; on one end of the stick I wrote the size of the thread, and on the other the color.
I started with a bag of 75 sticks, and I only have seven left -- that's a lot of thread!
What do I do with all these rings, now?
Jewelry is an obvious solution; a ring might work well with the steampunky earrings I'm contemplating. There are lots of ways I could link them into a bracelet. And, of course, I could use them to store more delicate threads, or keep threads sorted for a particular project.
Oooh, a nice neat floss box! Too bad it comes at the price of being under the weather, hope you're feeling well soon :)
ReplyDeletep.s. the rings are really neat!