Do you know what they are called.
I don't know what they are called, but I am looking for a netting cover to help control
the thread when it comes off the spool. Thank you Mary L Booth |
Thread nets:
These are the smaller ones (I think) for spools here: http://www.the-quilt-rack.com/browse...rs/4,3565.html These are for cones: http://www.nancysnotions.com/product...+value+pack.do (Or maybe they just stretch a lot - I've only used mine on spools.) They're available all over, made by a different companies. I've seen them in chain stores as well. |
I knw someone who uses the cloth tubes (can't remember what they are called) that you can get as a medical supply. She cuts them to the size she needs and because they stretch they fit over the spools nicely. She says it is much less expensive and she thinks it works better.
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Go to your local flower shop and pick some up for free. Several different types of flowers come with nets over them and they just throw them away.
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
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Go to your local flower shop and pick some up for free. Several different types of flowers come with nets over them and they just throw them away.
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Also called thread socks. I've found that Superior Threads has a good price for them.
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Originally Posted by thimblebug6000
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I went into our floral shops & they'd never seen or heard of flowers coming in like that.
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I've had cut flowers that came with thread nets on them (years ago; don't get many cut flowers these days!). Seems to me they are used on the more unusual (expensive?) exotic flowers to hold them together against damage until they get home. I'm not a flower geek, so I find it surprising a flower shop would have never seen them.
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Originally Posted by thimblebug6000
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I went into our floral shops & they'd never seen or heard of flowers coming in like that.
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Once years ago I had nylon thread that kept slipping off the spool.
I used a condom with the end cut off. It worked like a charm. |
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