Ahaha don't worry about embarrassing questions Kayleigh, everyone has to start somewhere! As long as you don't accidentally stab yourself in the face with your needle, you're doing just fine.... 😂
I decided a couple of years ago to organize my dmc thread. I had some plastic bobbins but they finished quite quickly. Where I live they are quite expensive so I used recycled cardboard. Examples cereal boxes or more solid are card board price tags, used postcards always with one side white then using a plastic bobbin I traced it on cardboard and where the hole goes I used hole punch. It did take a lot of time but I had fun cutting out all the bobbins. Then I used a recycled box to line up all the colors in numerical order.
Haha yeah many people do that, especially if they don't live near somewhere they can buy the plastic bobbins. As long as they're organized and you're happy with it, that's all that matters. 🙂
Thank you so much. Embroidery evolved so much I always think of medieval times when thinking of Embroidery but different styles and etc in the name of progress.
It also helps to position a drinking glass (for instance) in the middle of the loop on the table beside you. That helps keep the shape and the edge of the glass is smooth so it doesn't catch
The basics are important. I like the big ring idea, mixing and matching colors and then displaying them on the wall, a view of colors is always inspiring. Thank You..... Wash away soluble embroidery stickers? What say you
I’m just getting into embroidery and I bought 50 embroidery bobbins off eBay for $1.70 because with my luck if I just use them (with or without the little wrapper on) I would get the embroidery floss all tangled up. I love your idea about putting the bobbins (as I noticed they are called on eBay) on the large ring, as well as labeling the color number on the bobbin itself. Great ideas! Thank you!
The longer label end on your floss skein was designed that if you find the end of your floss thread and pull it gently, the floss comes out without tangling or knotting. Taking the paper labels off is just asking for trouble.
Yep you can do it that way too, when I made the video I'd seen a lot of people commenting in various groups that they had skeins that had lost one of the labels, was coming undone, etc, so they needed a better way to store them. I've never had an issue taking the labels off, I've bobbinated hundreds of skeins, but I totally get how easy it would be to get everything in a tangle. 😊
Thank you for this video!! I have the box and the floss I got it from my mother I had had no idea how to use them for my cross stitching I just got back into ! Your a life saver !!
A couple of thoughts came to mind. First, the textured side of the plastic is to adhere the permanent marking pen. It just takes it better. Second...sometimes I forego writing on the actual floss card and write on tape...then place it on the plastic. This makes it more re-usable. Also using a fine tip permanent marker makes it an easier task to get the numbers on a small area. Happy stitching.
whenever I get new skeins of thread I immediately wind them onto the bobbins because I have a bad habit of tangling my thread when you leave it the way that it was originally
Haha I know eh, unless you're really careful those little suckers can get tangled or messed up really easily. I just got given my grandma's old velvet-lined jewellery box, and I'm now using it to store floss skeins that are extras. Then they're nice and cozy and won't get tangled before I run out and have to wind another bobbin. :)
Was about to order some floss bobbins right now but I already cut each of my floss to my desired length and after watching this I'm kinda satisfied how my skeins are arranged on a hard paper with holes in it. Wouldn't want to unwind it all together again if I wanted to cut it to my desired length.
That's fine, whatever works best for you. 🙂 The good thing about using bobbins and not pre-cutting your floss though is it's so easy to store, and easy to see all your colours all at once. You can't do that with paper thread sorters. Like even for the amount of colours I have because I'm a designer, I have all my colours on bobbins in three boxes (well, two full ones and a tiny section of the third). It's so compact and easy to see all my colours all at once. So bobbins help not only when you're stitching a project, but they act as storage for later as well. 🙂
Thanks for this video! I've been embroidering for a little bit now but have just decided to expand some of my supplies and get a bit more organized. I appreciate having very beginner-friendly videos about basic skills :)
I've never thought of putting my number on that end. I will slide the labels to the middle and pull the floss from the longest side a few times before I wiend it onto the bobbin.
KaleidoscopiCreature Ahahaha I'm so sorry! That is pretty funny though, what a way to start! I'm assuming your floss got tangled when you were trying to unwind it from the skein? Once you've untangled your lovely "project," try the next one and slip the floss around your wrist. That helps it to unwind more slowly, and you'll instantly feel if it's starting to tighten up or get knotted in a weird way. My suggestion for the knotted one is to take a little break, maybe have a glass of wine, then slowly try to untangle it. Let me know how it goes!
Hi Jan! I just fold them in half (if they're longer) and wrap them around the bobbin, and catch the tail like I do the main strand of floss. Then if I need that colour again, I'll start with the little leftover bit. 🙂
If I dropped my floss on the floor, it would look like a big furry puffball! Two dogs and three cats!!! Honestly, I'd rather spend my time caring for my pets and crafting than housekeeping! 😀
You can, except that's quite fiddly to do, I've tried it for some of my bobbins and found writing the numbers on far easier. I also find the tape loses its stickiness fairly quickly so they just end up falling off anyway (or the floss gets a bit stuck to the tape as the tape edges start to come up from wear and age). But if you like taping on the labels, go for it, it's all about finding what works best for you. 🙂
Winding bobbins is a lot easier if you just leave the labels on the skein and pull it out from there. I hardly ever have a tangle when I wind this way. It's much faster and you can get on with your stitching sooner.
I've seen some people screw that up though, they pull out the wrong end from the skein and get an insta-knot, which is obviously no fun (a friend of mine is a pro at the insta-knot... 😂). But yes, if you grab the right end of the skein, you can leave the wrappers on if that's easier for you. 😊
Not that I know of Martin, they're big enough to hold one skein only. I store extra skeins in my grandma's old jewellery box, and use an app called Thread Organizer to keep track of how many skeins I have of a particular colour. 🙂
Haha you're very welcome! One thing I didn't cover in the video was hand-dyed fabrics or floss, so do be careful if you're using those. Also some beads say they're not meant to be washed, but I think if you did a little test first, that will tell you whether they'll withstand being submerged. 🙂
Great video! I'm getting into this pretty hobby, do you have a video with supplies that a beginner will need, please? What is the plastic box where people organize their filled bobbins called? I've also seen a new gadget: embroidery thread organizer, where the floss hangs, is white and blue, looks like a palette. is it a good idea, or do you prefer bobbins? Thanks in advance!
Hi, thanks for your comments! I prefer using bobbins, I think what you're referring to are DMC's stitchbows. Basically they're just little plastic rods with hooks on the end, so you don't have to unwind your floss until you need it. I've heard many people do like them, but many more seem to find them useless once you start using them. The little plastic box is often sold in the same section as the floss in bigger craft stores, here's an online listing for one -- www.amazon.ca/Organizer-Storage-With17-Compartments-Bobbins/dp/B007R571L2. And I have a whole playlist for beginners, here's the link for that -- ruclips.net/p/PLB_9bybEUBGIvFHnA1LEgut94eeVLezNs. There is one called Cross Stitch for Beginners Tutorial #1 that has all the materials you'll need. Hope that helps! :) Dana
I forgot to ask do you also have a video about how to transfer patterns, I see books of patterns and Hot iron ones, I was looking at a book today but had no idea how to transfer to fabric. Thanks so much again! :)) Carolina
Hi Carolina! I don't have any videos about how to transfer patterns, as you don't do that in cross stitch. That's something you do for embroidery, but cross stitch uses a chart -- each square on the chart represents a square on the fabric, and the chart is colour coded (either with actual colours, symbols, a combination, etc). You can still get some stamped cross stitch kits (where the x's are marked onto the fabric), but they're actually not that easy to do as the x's are usually not very even, it can be hard to tell which colour is which, etc. I think it's video #3 in the beginner's playlist shows you how to read a cross stitch pattern. :)
How do you go about cutting it and seperating the threads when it comes time to stitch? Do you just unwind it, cut the length you like, seperate it, and then re-wind the piece youre not immediately using?
Hi Debra! Storing them in a box will help (and not loose in a bag or something), and don't forget to tuck the ends into the little slots. Sometimes if you buy really crappy plastic bobbins from China or whatnot, the slots are too wide to hold the floss securely. 🙂
Hi Krystal! No idea of the brand as I bought them so long ago, might have been Darice. I got some from Michaels, some from a local needlework store, and some from Amazon. 😊
The plastic Bobbons a really nice but once you write on them with a permanent marker and then you want to add a different color of thread with a different number what do you do for the number that's already on there that are
The easiest way is to just buy more bobbins Trina, they're not expensive at all and then you can see which colours you have run out of really easily. 🙂If you want to reuse a bobbin, usually you can "erase" marker on plastic by actually scribbling over it with the same marker, then wiping it off with a tissue while it's still wet -- the solvent in the marker will dissolve the ink that's already written there. You can also use hand sanitizer or insect spray, they'll usually dissolve marker lines as well (that's what we used to do in the military when we'd write in permanent marker on our laminated maps when mission planning, we'd use hand sanitizer or bug spray to erase the lines so the map could be reused for the next mission). 🙂
Haha I'm glad the tutorials have been helpful for you Elizabeth! I've seen them in shops, but to be honest I've never been that enthused by them. The binders that hold them seem to take up a ton of space for the amount they hold, and I've never been sure what happens when you end up with a shorter strand of one colour left (or leftover bits). To me it's so simple to wind the floss onto bobbins, and they don't take that long at all. Plus I can rewind any leftover bits onto the bobbins and keep them with the main bobbin of colour, you just put the ends through the slots over top of the main part of the floss. Plus bobbins in a full box look soooooo pretty, it's like when you were a kid and you opened the 64 pack of crayons in all its glory..... 😂❤
Can you actually use this on threads that are already cut in the cross stitch I use to embroidery just now got my first cross stitch It looks as if they are pre cut?? I haven’t started undoing the thread Wanted to learn how to keep it first Thanks Sheila
Yes, absolutely! You just wind them on like you would an uncut skein, you might have more ends sticking up, but just catch the ends with the diagonal slots (or bury them under the next strand you're winding on so they're held in place that way), and you're good to go. 🙂
@@peacockandfig Thank you so much I have a box with these in it that was my Moms and I had no idea what they were for 😂 Now I know!! Thank you so much as those cross stitch threads look like a mess to me 😂 The OCD kicks in now Incan straighten them Take Care Have a Great Day! ♥️🤗Sheila
Hi Hunter! You cut a section of floss like normal, take your strands out of the floss, then wrap the leftover floss back onto the bobbin (either right then or once you're done with that colour). That's why the bobbin has such deep slots cut into the top, so you can wind on extra pieces as well and catch the ends. 🙂
Apologies if someone has already mentioned this (I couldn’t be asked to read all the comments) but when you are winding the floss onto your plastic bobbins in the way you describe then you will be twisting the floss with every rotation of the bobbin. Just try this using the electric flex of your vacuum cleaner and you will see what I mean. Is this an issue ? If not then OK, but if it is an issue then the way to avoid this is place the bobbin in the jaws of an electric drill with a speed regulator (or alternatively in the jaws of an old fashioned manual drill) and use the drill to wind the floss onto the bobbin. This drill method is best done with the help of someone operating the drill (how about a man who knows about such things !!) and you holding the floss in a circle around your arm, say.
Yes technically you do twist the floss, but it's already got a twist to it so when you cut a section off the skein and separate out the strands, it's not really an issue. That's a good tip about the drill, but many stitchers wouldn't necessarily have access to an electric drill (I know I don't). Thanks Layton! And I hope you got my response to your email a while back, my system sent me your question twice so I wasn't sure if you got my response. 🙂
You can just keep wrapping them around the bobbin, until the bobbin gets too fat of course. Any extra skeins of colours I already have bobbinated I keep in a special box (actually my grandma's old jewelry box), and I use an app to know how many skeins I have of each colour. For floss you may not know what the colour numbers are, you can just use extra bobbins. 😊
Hi, I am new to cross stitching and I just bought some 14 count Aida fabric, along with some floss. I just seem to be having some trouble because I think my floss is too thick? I start stitching and then it becomes far too hard to see where the little holes are because my already stitched in floss is taking up all the room. What kind of floss do you use? And where can I get it?
Thanks for your question! I have a sneaking suspicion you have the right floss, but are you separating it into individual strands? Embroidery floss comes in strands of 6, so you'd cut a length of floss (usually no longer than your forearm), and then pull out the number of strands you need. The most popular brand of floss is DMC, the next most popular is Anchor. If you try stitching with all 6 strands on 14 count, that's way too thick. For 14 count most people prefer 2 strands. You may also have bought pearl cotton, which you don't separate, but it does come in different thicknesses (#3, #5, #8, etc). #5 is about right for 14 count, #3 would be too thick. If you have a look at the name of the floss and see what it says on the label, I can give you more specific advice. :)
Peacock & Fig thanks for the quick response! Your second suspicion was correct in that it had been pearl cotton that was too thick! Thanks for the quick response :) I think I'm going to go try DMC instead
Haha not a problem! If you have 14 count fabric, you can use pearl cotton (I just did a project with it), but if it's #3 then that's too thick. #5 will work similarly to two strands of regular embroidery floss. 🙂
Okay, this is probably a silly question but will the numbers on the floss colors be the same no matter what pattern I'm stitching? For instance, if I have a pattern from China that says I need floss color #149, will that be the same #149 on a pattern I get from India or the US? Thanks for your help and I'm really enjoying your videos for us newbie cross stitchers!
Christie Scott usually, yes. The colors are based on brand, not country, so simply make sure you're getting #149 of the correct brand and it will be the same!
Christie Scott Thanks for the question! It's not a silly question at all. But usually patterns will tell you what manufacturer of floss to use (DMC, Anchor, Kreinik, etc). Unfortunately a lot of Chinese patterns are stolen from other designers and artists, so they won't necessarily indicate the floss manufacturer (as they may not know). Each floss manufacturer has its own numbering system, so Anchor's numbers are different than DMC's. There are conversions charts though online (like if you only have Anchor floss but your pattern indicates DMC numbers). The only real rule is if you use one manufacturer for one colour, use the same manufacturer for that colour for the entire project. Like some people prefer Anchor's black to DMC, so they won't use both in the same project (they'll look a little different). Hope that helps! 😄
Thank you!! My pattern and floss were given to me as a gift that had been ordered online. You're right that there is no indication who the manufacturer of the floss is--it's just floss on holders with the numbers written on them. I'll be sure to buy my future patterns and floss from known manufacturers. Thanks again for your response!
You're welcome! Some kits do come with unnamed floss on bobbins -- it protects the pattern maker as then someone can't upload the pattern (as it's useless without knowing the floss numbers). Gecko Rouge does this with their kits, it protects them from illegal uploads. But for Chinese ones, it's always a toss up whether that's their reasoning, or it's a potentially pirated pattern. At any rate, enjoy your kit, and if you do buy patterns on their own do check and see what the pattern recommends. Most patterns use DMC as it's the most easily available worldwide, and they've been going over 400 years so they must be doing something right. 🙂
Question! I’m relatively new to cross stitching and I just purchased a pattern that has quite a bit of blending in it. Should I wind up the two strands on a single bobbin? Or is there another way to do it? Thanks for your videos!
Hi Mariah! That's exactly what I do, I'll cut a section off each colour, blend one strand of each, stitch with it, then wind the rest onto a separate bobbin (that's labelled). Then I just keep blending as I go, and winding the excess onto the bobbin. I'm doing that for a big sockeye salmon piece I'm almost done, it has quite a few blended threads in it. Happy stitching! 🙂
What do you mean by "things" Nadia, do you mean skeins? You can only fit one skein on one bobbin, otherwise it'll be really fat and the floss will start to fall off the bobbin. You can totally wind on leftover bits of your floss back on though when you cut sections off to work with. 😊
Hi Savannah! The ones I'm using are plastic (they're called bobbins or embroidery floss bobbins), the cardboard ones are "ok" but they get flimsy and useless pretty fast. Often if you buy a floss bobbin box you'll get 50 plastic bobbins included, like in this one on Amazon -- amzn.to/2LwKFGB 🙂
Hi Jai! You just search for them, you can buy them from hundreds of online shops but it depends what country you're in. If you're in the US, I recommend 123stitch.com, and in Canada you can buy the full range from chartingcreations.com. But there are literally hundreds of shops you can buy them from, including DMC's website directly. 🙂
Hi Leighla, thanks for the question. I bought mine at Michaels, the big craft store chain in Canada and the US. You can definitely get them online, but anywhere that sells embroidery floss should carry them. If they don't, they may be able to order them in. If not, you can definitely get them online at places like 123stitch.com, sewandso (in the UK), or even on eBay or Amazon. Let me know if you can't find anywhere and I can send you some links.
As I commented above, don't use plastic - stick with the cardboard ones. The plastic ones break down and snap, the cardboard ones are a lot cheaper, and so far they have lasted really well over 30 years of stitching.
Hi there! Do you mean custom designs? I can do text-based patterns, or adaptations of my current designs (like combining elements of two patterns together). You can see more details about that here -- peacockandfig.com/product/custom-cross-stitch-alphabet-pattern/. As far as custom designing patterns, I pretty much only do that for magazines and companies like DMC, designing a pattern from scratch is very time intensive (and can get expensive fast for a private commission). 🙂
Hi Ashlee! Don't wind them crazy tight, but don't worry about kinks -- as you're stitching they come out. I've never had any issues, and I wind all my floss onto bobbins before I use it. 🙂
It's DMC Makayla, that's the brand I use for my embroidery floss (and I use some other brands as well for specialty floss like Kreinik for metallic threads). 🙂
Haha that's an excellent question Tamara! To be honest I've never needed to do that many - all the patterns I design are at the most 25 colours. If I need to wind more than two or three bobbins at a time, I do it while I'm watching TV so it seems to go pretty fast. If you're consistently needing to wind a lot of bobbins, I'd look into the little bobbin winder tools you can get. Some people even use a drill, for me I'd be too scared to get the floss wound around the drill bit. Do you do a lot of larger patterns?
You just wind it on and secure the tail end with one of the slots on the bobbin, you can cover the initial end with your winding. As long as you don't have more floss on it than roughly one skein, as that's all they're really sized to handle, you can totally attach more leftovers to a bobbin, almost all of my bobbins have extra bits on them. 🙂
Im super new to embroidery and im searching pintrest , insta ext.. but from what i read I understood that most of the project u spereate the thread into 3 or 4 starnds then embroider with them , but if u put it on a bobbin u cant spereate them 😶 please help me im so confused 🤷🏻♀️
Hi Jomanah! No need to be confused -- the bobbin is just to store your floss. So you definitely do separate out strands from the main skein, like for 14 count most patterns will say you need 2 strands of the 6. So you'd cut off a length of floss from the bobbin (the length from your fingertips to your elbow is good), separate out the two strands, and start stitching. If you don't end up using all 6 strands at once, or you have to pack up your stitching, you just put the remaining strands back on the bobbin. I usually fold the extra strands in half, then catch the end in a bobbin slot, and wind it on (and then catch the other end). It's unlikely you'll use the full strand you've cut off for each colour (that's a lot of stitching), so you just wind the extra back onto the bobbin when you're done with that colour. Does that make sense? 🙂
I was wondering whether to just split them into two before winding them on, should I have some left over from this project and then in the future need four strands together, it would be easy enough to use two together. I think splitting it each time would drive me up the wall. 😁
@@peacockandfig I have a permanent marker. But it clear on plastic DMC card with water. I think there is different type of markers, and we have to be carrefully because it could erase DMC number.
yeah it's not permanent if it can be erased with water, Sharpies are usually pretty good at staying on plastic for a long time (it can eventually rub off though, so you'd need to touch it up at some point depending on how often you're handling certain bobbins). 😊
Haha thanks Nicole! Each skein of DMC embroidery floss is 8 metres, or 8.7 yards. But each skein has 6 strands, so it's 48 metres total length per skein. It works out to around 314 inches of floss (total length) per skein of one strand. 🙂
Hi Gabby! You can try, but there isn't really space on the bobbin. It'll be super fat, they're only designed to hold one skein. I always just bobbinate one colour, and if I have more floss then I just put it into a separate box until I need it. :)
Haha that's a good idea Katie! I don't know if that would work with my fav coffee cup, it's more of a bowl with a handle I got in Paris. Love my mug bowl, it's massive. :D
+Peacock & Fig no no coffee or drinks around the stitchy stuff ..it my beloved Winnie the Pooh Mug, the floss just lays right on top of the handle and around the mug and, no tangles or knots to deal with, oh god and not from the floor.
Katie D Nice! I'm "lucky" in that I don't work on gigantic projects that have a gagillion colours, so I rarely ever have to wind more than one or two bobbins at a time. :) I love your tip though, great idea. :)
+Peacock & Fig oh no, I dont have any gigantic projects going either, I am just putting my main DMC floss stash together. Im mainly working on kits I bought long ago.
Be careful when buying a lot of floss on bobbins fr EBay. Sometimes the cards are old and the floss is old and sometimes breaks easily fr being on the bobbins so long.
Yeah I personally would never buy anything but new floss, and never from sites like eBay. You never know what you're getting unless you shop from legitimate stores, there are a lot of fake products out there and people all too happy to scam you out of your money. Or the floss smells of smoke, or like you said is way too old (or the dye lots are so outdated they don't match anything). ❤️
I just thought I had better warn people that the plastic floss bobbins break down with age, and just disintegrate, much to my horror, when I discovered this after a long break from stitching whilst caring for a very sick husband. I started stitching again after his death 12 months ago, and found that half my bobbins were just falling apart. The cardboard ones are just fine, though, some of which have been on the bobbins for 30 years or more.
That's good to know Christine. 🙂 I've got some cardboard bobbins and I can't stand them, I find after using them once or twice (as I put my bobbins on a binder ring for projects), they're all bent out of shape and starting to collapse.
I really wish DMC would sell floss in balls like the crochet thread! It really puts me off using it and only do so when forced by a special design that needs it. I do mostly Hardanger so floss is not always needed.
They do sell it in cones, but it's usually only available for wholesale accounts. The crochet thread is only one strand, embroidery floss is six strands, so it's possible if they sold it as a single strand in a ball, it'd be the same length as one skein of floss. 🙂
Haha organizing your threads takes too long? Not when you're looking for a particular colour, or have hundreds of different colours. It saves time (and your sanity) later. 🙂
Bahahaha seriously??? 😂 😂 😂 What a bizarre comment, especially as there's zero I can do about it years later (and all my older videos are filmed the exact same way, so I think you might just be hearing things or something, out of 3 million views you're the only person to say something like that...)
I started cross stitching yesterday and your videos are answering all of my embarrassing questions, so thank you. :)
Ahaha don't worry about embarrassing questions Kayleigh, everyone has to start somewhere! As long as you don't accidentally stab yourself in the face with your needle, you're doing just fine.... 😂
I am watching her videos so that when i get paid on the first of the month i can buy some stuff to start learning.
I decided a couple of years ago to organize my dmc thread. I had some plastic bobbins but they finished quite quickly. Where I live they are quite expensive so I used recycled cardboard. Examples cereal boxes or more solid are card board price tags, used postcards always with one side white then using a plastic bobbin I traced it on cardboard and where the hole goes I used hole punch. It did take a lot of time but I had fun cutting out all the bobbins. Then I used a recycled box to line up all the colors in numerical order.
Haha yeah many people do that, especially if they don't live near somewhere they can buy the plastic bobbins. As long as they're organized and you're happy with it, that's all that matters. 🙂
Try the plastic slats from a window blind.
Thank you so much. Embroidery evolved so much I always think of medieval times when thinking of Embroidery but different styles and etc in the name of progress.
You are so welcome! And yes, such a long history to embroidery, but it's always evolving. 😊
It also helps to position a drinking glass (for instance) in the middle of the loop on the table beside you. That helps keep the shape and the edge of the glass is smooth so it doesn't catch
Good idea 😁
The basics are important. I like the big ring idea, mixing and matching colors and then displaying them on the wall, a view of colors is always inspiring. Thank You..... Wash away soluble embroidery stickers? What say you
I'm not sure I understand what the stickers would be for, but have a play and see how you go. 😊
I’m just getting into embroidery and I bought 50 embroidery bobbins off eBay for $1.70 because with my luck if I just use them (with or without the little wrapper on) I would get the embroidery floss all tangled up. I love your idea about putting the bobbins (as I noticed they are called on eBay) on the large ring, as well as labeling the color number on the bobbin itself. Great ideas! Thank you!
You're very welcome Isabella, I'm glad the video was helpful! 🙂
The longer label end on your floss skein was designed that if you find the end of your floss thread and pull it gently, the floss comes out without tangling or knotting. Taking the paper labels off is just asking for trouble.
Yep you can do it that way too, when I made the video I'd seen a lot of people commenting in various groups that they had skeins that had lost one of the labels, was coming undone, etc, so they needed a better way to store them. I've never had an issue taking the labels off, I've bobbinated hundreds of skeins, but I totally get how easy it would be to get everything in a tangle. 😊
Thank you for doing this video, for us inexperienced embroidery beginners that’s so helpful. Appreciate the effort in making the video.
You're very welcome Danielle, glad it helped! 🙂
Thank you for this video!! I have the box and the floss I got it from my mother I had had no idea how to use them for my cross stitching I just got back into ! Your a life saver !!
Glad it was helpful! 😀
A couple of thoughts came to mind. First, the textured side of the plastic is to adhere the permanent marking pen. It just takes it better.
Second...sometimes I forego writing on the actual floss card and write on tape...then place it on the plastic. This makes it more re-usable. Also using a fine tip permanent marker makes it an easier task to get the numbers on a small area. Happy stitching.
Sorry I missed your comment Karen, great tips! 🙂
whenever I get new skeins of thread I immediately wind them onto the bobbins because I have a bad habit of tangling my thread when you leave it the way that it was originally
Haha I know eh, unless you're really careful those little suckers can get tangled or messed up really easily. I just got given my grandma's old velvet-lined jewellery box, and I'm now using it to store floss skeins that are extras. Then they're nice and cozy and won't get tangled before I run out and have to wind another bobbin. :)
Loom bands the tiny rubber bands are great to add to keep the ends in place especially if you have a lot of floss on rings
Great idea Angela! 😊
Was about to order some floss bobbins right now but I already cut each of my floss to my desired length and after watching this I'm kinda satisfied how my skeins are arranged on a hard paper with holes in it. Wouldn't want to unwind it all together again if I wanted to cut it to my desired length.
That's fine, whatever works best for you. 🙂 The good thing about using bobbins and not pre-cutting your floss though is it's so easy to store, and easy to see all your colours all at once. You can't do that with paper thread sorters. Like even for the amount of colours I have because I'm a designer, I have all my colours on bobbins in three boxes (well, two full ones and a tiny section of the third). It's so compact and easy to see all my colours all at once. So bobbins help not only when you're stitching a project, but they act as storage for later as well. 🙂
Thanks for this video! I've been embroidering for a little bit now but have just decided to expand some of my supplies and get a bit more organized. I appreciate having very beginner-friendly videos about basic skills :)
You're very welcome Sara Jane, glad it was helpful! 😊
Thank you so much! This newbie appreciates you breaking this down!
You're so welcome! 😊
This is exactly how I wind my thread!! I think it’s the best way.
Haha great minds think alike, eh Becky! 😊
Thank you for the video! I’m super new to embroidery and wasn’t sure how to put the thread on the clips :)
Glad it was helpful Julia! 🙂
Thank you so much!! I am very new to embroidery and this was very helpful.
You are so welcome Denise! 😊
Thank you. Very helpful for a newbie.
You're very welcome Elena! 😊
Thank you! I love your tutorials ♥️
You are so welcome Jill! 😊
I didn't know I needed this vid until I watched it. Thanks!
You're very welcome Liz, glad it was helpful! 😊
Love your tips. I’ve been binge watching them.
Ahaahah awesome, glad you're enjoying them Kris! 🙂
i find some looen embroidery floss had winded on plastic bobbins from amazon ,they are very convenient to use
Nice! I've never used that brand, I stick to DMC, I know the quality is great. 🙂
I love Cosmo embroidery floss. It has a nice sheen to it. It is made in Japan by the Lecien Corp.
This was so helpful! Thank you x100000 from this newbie stitcher 😊
You're very welcome! 🙂
I've never thought of putting my number on that end. I will slide the labels to the middle and pull the floss from the longest side a few times before I wiend it onto the bobbin.
Haha that works too Michelle! As long as your organization works for you, then keep doing that. 🙂
I find the winding it just off camera particularly useful. 👌🏼
Merry Christmas! 😉
Thank you, this is just what I needed!
Awesome, glad it helped Tammy! 😊
first bobbin wrappiing and i get a huge mess of knots HOW lol
KaleidoscopiCreature Ahahaha I'm so sorry! That is pretty funny though, what a way to start! I'm assuming your floss got tangled when you were trying to unwind it from the skein? Once you've untangled your lovely "project," try the next one and slip the floss around your wrist. That helps it to unwind more slowly, and you'll instantly feel if it's starting to tighten up or get knotted in a weird way. My suggestion for the knotted one is to take a little break, maybe have a glass of wine, then slowly try to untangle it. Let me know how it goes!
Complete beginner thanks you
You're very welcome Diana! 😊
I am new to embroider so appreciated your help organizing floss. Now a question, what do you do with single strands.
Hi Jan! I just fold them in half (if they're longer) and wrap them around the bobbin, and catch the tail like I do the main strand of floss. Then if I need that colour again, I'll start with the little leftover bit. 🙂
If I dropped my floss on the floor, it would look like a big furry puffball! Two dogs and three cats!!! Honestly, I'd rather spend my time caring for my pets and crafting than housekeeping! 😀
Hahah well clearly you're a very smart woman Patty, housekeeping should always be at the bottom of the priority list. 😂
Cut the numbers from the floss tag and tape it on the floss holder where you write the numbers with a
permanent marker
You can, except that's quite fiddly to do, I've tried it for some of my bobbins and found writing the numbers on far easier. I also find the tape loses its stickiness fairly quickly so they just end up falling off anyway (or the floss gets a bit stuck to the tape as the tape edges start to come up from wear and age). But if you like taping on the labels, go for it, it's all about finding what works best for you. 🙂
This is soooo helpful!
Glad it was helpful! 🙂
oh thank you so much for this video! i’m so glad i found your channel!
You're so welcome Sunni! 🙂
Appreciate your demonstration very much. Thank you.
You're very welcome Patty! 🙂
Love this ❤️❤️
Glad it was helpful Lucy! 😊
Thank you this help me sooo much 💛
You're very welcome Virginia! 😊
I usually put the floss round. my right wrist which I find it makes it a lot easier.
Yep, whatever works best for you Mary 🙂💕
Winding bobbins is a lot easier if you just leave the labels on the skein and pull it out from there. I hardly ever have a tangle when I wind this way. It's much faster and you can get on with your stitching sooner.
I've seen some people screw that up though, they pull out the wrong end from the skein and get an insta-knot, which is obviously no fun (a friend of mine is a pro at the insta-knot... 😂). But yes, if you grab the right end of the skein, you can leave the wrappers on if that's easier for you. 😊
I love this idea. Do they make bigger plastic bobbins?
Not that I know of Martin, they're big enough to hold one skein only. I store extra skeins in my grandma's old jewellery box, and use an app called Thread Organizer to keep track of how many skeins I have of a particular colour. 🙂
I am just trying to organize all my floss before I do my next set of ptojects
+Tamara Jarvie That's a good idea, that makes getting started that much easier. :)
Me, too! . I have a basket full of thread, etc. this is going to be so good. So happy to find someone who explains things like this.
Not new to this, but I did want to make sure i wouldn't do something wrong. Thank you :D
Haha you're very welcome! One thing I didn't cover in the video was hand-dyed fabrics or floss, so do be careful if you're using those. Also some beads say they're not meant to be washed, but I think if you did a little test first, that will tell you whether they'll withstand being submerged. 🙂
Peacock & Fig Thank you, I think that is beyond me at the moment.
Ahaha no worries 😀
Great video! I'm getting into this pretty hobby, do you have a video with supplies that a beginner will need, please? What is the plastic box where people organize their filled bobbins called? I've also seen a new gadget: embroidery thread organizer, where the floss hangs, is white and blue, looks like a palette. is it a good idea, or do you prefer bobbins? Thanks in advance!
Hi, thanks for your comments! I prefer using bobbins, I think what you're referring to are DMC's stitchbows. Basically they're just little plastic rods with hooks on the end, so you don't have to unwind your floss until you need it. I've heard many people do like them, but many more seem to find them useless once you start using them. The little plastic box is often sold in the same section as the floss in bigger craft stores, here's an online listing for one -- www.amazon.ca/Organizer-Storage-With17-Compartments-Bobbins/dp/B007R571L2. And I have a whole playlist for beginners, here's the link for that -- ruclips.net/p/PLB_9bybEUBGIvFHnA1LEgut94eeVLezNs. There is one called Cross Stitch for Beginners Tutorial #1 that has all the materials you'll need. Hope that helps! :) Dana
I forgot to ask do you also have a video about how to transfer patterns, I see books of patterns and Hot iron ones, I was looking at a book today but had no idea how to transfer to fabric. Thanks so much again! :)) Carolina
Hi Carolina! I don't have any videos about how to transfer patterns, as you don't do that in cross stitch. That's something you do for embroidery, but cross stitch uses a chart -- each square on the chart represents a square on the fabric, and the chart is colour coded (either with actual colours, symbols, a combination, etc). You can still get some stamped cross stitch kits (where the x's are marked onto the fabric), but they're actually not that easy to do as the x's are usually not very even, it can be hard to tell which colour is which, etc. I think it's video #3 in the beginner's playlist shows you how to read a cross stitch pattern. :)
Thank you very much Dana. You're very helpful! LOVE your channel XoXo
Haha you're very welcome Carolina! :)
This was very helpful. Thank you!
You're very welcome Nancy! 🙂
How do you go about cutting it and seperating the threads when it comes time to stitch? Do you just unwind it, cut the length you like, seperate it, and then re-wind the piece youre not immediately using?
You got it Veronica, exactly -- the bobbin can hold the extra bits you're not using right that second. 😊
Hi, I love your videos and your web site, they’re so helpful! I was wondering: do you have any tips for keeping the bobbins from unwinding?
Hi Debra! Storing them in a box will help (and not loose in a bag or something), and don't forget to tuck the ends into the little slots. Sometimes if you buy really crappy plastic bobbins from China or whatnot, the slots are too wide to hold the floss securely. 🙂
What brand are your plastoc bobbins? Where did you buy them?
Hi Krystal! No idea of the brand as I bought them so long ago, might have been Darice. I got some from Michaels, some from a local needlework store, and some from Amazon. 😊
The plastic Bobbons a really nice but once you write on them with a permanent marker and then you want to add a different color of thread with a different number what do you do for the number that's already on there that are
The easiest way is to just buy more bobbins Trina, they're not expensive at all and then you can see which colours you have run out of really easily. 🙂If you want to reuse a bobbin, usually you can "erase" marker on plastic by actually scribbling over it with the same marker, then wiping it off with a tissue while it's still wet -- the solvent in the marker will dissolve the ink that's already written there. You can also use hand sanitizer or insect spray, they'll usually dissolve marker lines as well (that's what we used to do in the military when we'd write in permanent marker on our laminated maps when mission planning, we'd use hand sanitizer or bug spray to erase the lines so the map could be reused for the next mission). 🙂
Thanks for this
My pleasure Leah! 🙂
I’m curious on your thoughts of “stitch bows”
I’m a new cross stitcher and your videos have been IMMENSELY helpful!! Thank you so much!
Haha I'm glad the tutorials have been helpful for you Elizabeth! I've seen them in shops, but to be honest I've never been that enthused by them. The binders that hold them seem to take up a ton of space for the amount they hold, and I've never been sure what happens when you end up with a shorter strand of one colour left (or leftover bits). To me it's so simple to wind the floss onto bobbins, and they don't take that long at all. Plus I can rewind any leftover bits onto the bobbins and keep them with the main bobbin of colour, you just put the ends through the slots over top of the main part of the floss. Plus bobbins in a full box look soooooo pretty, it's like when you were a kid and you opened the 64 pack of crayons in all its glory..... 😂❤
Do you wind your cut off bits of unused floss back into the same bobbin or would you use a whole new bobbin for that
The same bobbin Victoria 🙂
Can you actually use this on threads that are already cut in the cross stitch I use to embroidery just now got my first cross stitch It looks as if they are pre cut?? I haven’t started undoing the thread Wanted to learn how to keep it first Thanks Sheila
Yes, absolutely! You just wind them on like you would an uncut skein, you might have more ends sticking up, but just catch the ends with the diagonal slots (or bury them under the next strand you're winding on so they're held in place that way), and you're good to go. 🙂
@@peacockandfig Thank you so much I have a box with these in it that was my Moms and I had no idea what they were for 😂
Now I know!! Thank you so much as those cross stitch threads look like a mess to me 😂 The OCD kicks in now Incan straighten them Take Care Have a Great Day!
♥️🤗Sheila
Great video. Thanks! :)
You're very welcome! 😊
What's the lil machine your talking bout for thread?
It's called a bobbin winder. 😊
how do you remove individual strands once on bobbin
Hi Hunter! You cut a section of floss like normal, take your strands out of the floss, then wrap the leftover floss back onto the bobbin (either right then or once you're done with that colour). That's why the bobbin has such deep slots cut into the top, so you can wind on extra pieces as well and catch the ends. 🙂
Apologies if someone has already mentioned this (I couldn’t be asked to read all the comments) but when you are winding the floss onto your plastic bobbins in the way you describe then you will be twisting the floss with every rotation of the bobbin. Just try this using the electric flex of your vacuum cleaner and you will see what I mean. Is this an issue ? If not then OK, but if it is an issue then the way to avoid this is place the bobbin in the jaws of an electric drill with a speed regulator (or alternatively in the jaws of an old fashioned manual drill) and use the drill to wind the floss onto the bobbin. This drill method is best done with the help of someone operating the drill (how about a man who knows about such things !!) and you holding the floss in a circle around your arm, say.
Yes technically you do twist the floss, but it's already got a twist to it so when you cut a section off the skein and separate out the strands, it's not really an issue. That's a good tip about the drill, but many stitchers wouldn't necessarily have access to an electric drill (I know I don't). Thanks Layton! And I hope you got my response to your email a while back, my system sent me your question twice so I wasn't sure if you got my response. 🙂
What if you have many floss instead of one long, but still the same colour? Cos I have have them from at kit.
You can just keep wrapping them around the bobbin, until the bobbin gets too fat of course. Any extra skeins of colours I already have bobbinated I keep in a special box (actually my grandma's old jewelry box), and I use an app to know how many skeins I have of each colour. For floss you may not know what the colour numbers are, you can just use extra bobbins. 😊
Hi, I am new to cross stitching and I just bought some 14 count Aida fabric, along with some floss. I just seem to be having some trouble because I think my floss is too thick? I start stitching and then it becomes far too hard to see where the little holes are because my already stitched in floss is taking up all the room. What kind of floss do you use? And where can I get it?
Thanks for your question! I have a sneaking suspicion you have the right floss, but are you separating it into individual strands? Embroidery floss comes in strands of 6, so you'd cut a length of floss (usually no longer than your forearm), and then pull out the number of strands you need. The most popular brand of floss is DMC, the next most popular is Anchor. If you try stitching with all 6 strands on 14 count, that's way too thick. For 14 count most people prefer 2 strands. You may also have bought pearl cotton, which you don't separate, but it does come in different thicknesses (#3, #5, #8, etc). #5 is about right for 14 count, #3 would be too thick. If you have a look at the name of the floss and see what it says on the label, I can give you more specific advice. :)
Peacock & Fig thanks for the quick response! Your second suspicion was correct in that it had been pearl cotton that was too thick! Thanks for the quick response :) I think I'm going to go try DMC instead
Haha not a problem! If you have 14 count fabric, you can use pearl cotton (I just did a project with it), but if it's #3 then that's too thick. #5 will work similarly to two strands of regular embroidery floss. 🙂
Thanks soooo much!
You're very welcome Caroline! 😊
Thank you!
You're very welcome Chris! :)
Okay, this is probably a silly question but will the numbers on the floss colors be the same no matter what pattern I'm stitching? For instance, if I have a pattern from China that says I need floss color #149, will that be the same #149 on a pattern I get from India or the US? Thanks for your help and I'm really enjoying your videos for us newbie cross stitchers!
Christie Scott usually, yes. The colors are based on brand, not country, so simply make sure you're getting #149 of the correct brand and it will be the same!
Christie Scott Thanks for the question! It's not a silly question at all. But usually patterns will tell you what manufacturer of floss to use (DMC, Anchor, Kreinik, etc). Unfortunately a lot of Chinese patterns are stolen from other designers and artists, so they won't necessarily indicate the floss manufacturer (as they may not know). Each floss manufacturer has its own numbering system, so Anchor's numbers are different than DMC's. There are conversions charts though online (like if you only have Anchor floss but your pattern indicates DMC numbers). The only real rule is if you use one manufacturer for one colour, use the same manufacturer for that colour for the entire project. Like some people prefer Anchor's black to DMC, so they won't use both in the same project (they'll look a little different). Hope that helps! 😄
Thank you!! My pattern and floss were given to me as a gift that had been ordered online. You're right that there is no indication who the manufacturer of the floss is--it's just floss on holders with the numbers written on them. I'll be sure to buy my future patterns and floss from known manufacturers. Thanks again for your response!
You're welcome! Some kits do come with unnamed floss on bobbins -- it protects the pattern maker as then someone can't upload the pattern (as it's useless without knowing the floss numbers). Gecko Rouge does this with their kits, it protects them from illegal uploads. But for Chinese ones, it's always a toss up whether that's their reasoning, or it's a potentially pirated pattern. At any rate, enjoy your kit, and if you do buy patterns on their own do check and see what the pattern recommends. Most patterns use DMC as it's the most easily available worldwide, and they've been going over 400 years so they must be doing something right. 🙂
Question! I’m relatively new to cross stitching and I just purchased a pattern that has quite a bit of blending in it. Should I wind up the two strands on a single bobbin? Or is there another way to do it? Thanks for your videos!
Hi Mariah! That's exactly what I do, I'll cut a section off each colour, blend one strand of each, stitch with it, then wind the rest onto a separate bobbin (that's labelled). Then I just keep blending as I go, and winding the excess onto the bobbin. I'm doing that for a big sockeye salmon piece I'm almost done, it has quite a few blended threads in it. Happy stitching! 🙂
Thank you so much for this!!
Glad you enjoyed it Jynx! 😊
This video was really helpful, thank you!! (:
You're very welcome, glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Do you ever put two things of floss on one bobbin? Or just one bobbin per bunch of thread?
What do you mean by "things" Nadia, do you mean skeins? You can only fit one skein on one bobbin, otherwise it'll be really fat and the floss will start to fall off the bobbin. You can totally wind on leftover bits of your floss back on though when you cut sections off to work with. 😊
Dana Batho I tried two and it was too big. You’re right. Thx for the reply
@@NSAB120 You're very welcome Nadia, glad it helped! :)
What are the white cardboard pieces called so I can go out and get them?
Hi Savannah! The ones I'm using are plastic (they're called bobbins or embroidery floss bobbins), the cardboard ones are "ok" but they get flimsy and useless pretty fast. Often if you buy a floss bobbin box you'll get 50 plastic bobbins included, like in this one on Amazon -- amzn.to/2LwKFGB 🙂
How can I buy that theards online?
Please do let me know.
Hi Jai! You just search for them, you can buy them from hundreds of online shops but it depends what country you're in. If you're in the US, I recommend 123stitch.com, and in Canada you can buy the full range from chartingcreations.com. But there are literally hundreds of shops you can buy them from, including DMC's website directly. 🙂
where do you get the plastic bobbuins. ive seen carboard but havnt seen plastic
Hi Leighla, thanks for the question. I bought mine at Michaels, the big craft store chain in Canada and the US. You can definitely get them online, but anywhere that sells embroidery floss should carry them. If they don't, they may be able to order them in. If not, you can definitely get them online at places like 123stitch.com, sewandso (in the UK), or even on eBay or Amazon. Let me know if you can't find anywhere and I can send you some links.
As I commented above, don't use plastic - stick with the cardboard ones. The plastic ones break down and snap, the cardboard ones are a lot cheaper, and so far they have lasted really well over 30 years of stitching.
Thank you!!!!!!
You're very welcome Lily! 🙂
Do you do custom orders?
Hi there! Do you mean custom designs? I can do text-based patterns, or adaptations of my current designs (like combining elements of two patterns together). You can see more details about that here -- peacockandfig.com/product/custom-cross-stitch-alphabet-pattern/. As far as custom designing patterns, I pretty much only do that for magazines and companies like DMC, designing a pattern from scratch is very time intensive (and can get expensive fast for a private commission). 🙂
Does it matter how tight? I didn't know if it would crease...
Hi Ashlee! Don't wind them crazy tight, but don't worry about kinks -- as you're stitching they come out. I've never had any issues, and I wind all my floss onto bobbins before I use it. 🙂
What brand floss is this?
It's DMC Makayla, that's the brand I use for my embroidery floss (and I use some other brands as well for specialty floss like Kreinik for metallic threads). 🙂
how long does it take for 100 bobbins
Haha that's an excellent question Tamara! To be honest I've never needed to do that many - all the patterns I design are at the most 25 colours. If I need to wind more than two or three bobbins at a time, I do it while I'm watching TV so it seems to go pretty fast. If you're consistently needing to wind a lot of bobbins, I'd look into the little bobbin winder tools you can get. Some people even use a drill, for me I'd be too scared to get the floss wound around the drill bit. Do you do a lot of larger patterns?
How can I add the same color floss to a bobbin?
You just wind it on and secure the tail end with one of the slots on the bobbin, you can cover the initial end with your winding. As long as you don't have more floss on it than roughly one skein, as that's all they're really sized to handle, you can totally attach more leftovers to a bobbin, almost all of my bobbins have extra bits on them. 🙂
Thank you!
Im super new to embroidery and im searching pintrest , insta ext.. but from what i read I understood that most of the project u spereate the thread into 3 or 4 starnds then embroider with them , but if u put it on a bobbin u cant spereate them 😶 please help me im so confused 🤷🏻♀️
Hi Jomanah! No need to be confused -- the bobbin is just to store your floss. So you definitely do separate out strands from the main skein, like for 14 count most patterns will say you need 2 strands of the 6. So you'd cut off a length of floss from the bobbin (the length from your fingertips to your elbow is good), separate out the two strands, and start stitching. If you don't end up using all 6 strands at once, or you have to pack up your stitching, you just put the remaining strands back on the bobbin. I usually fold the extra strands in half, then catch the end in a bobbin slot, and wind it on (and then catch the other end). It's unlikely you'll use the full strand you've cut off for each colour (that's a lot of stitching), so you just wind the extra back onto the bobbin when you're done with that colour. Does that make sense? 🙂
Peacock & Fig thank u so much 🙆🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️ now i understand
Perfect, glad to hear it Jomanah! Happy stitching. :)
I was wondering whether to just split them into two before winding them on, should I have some left over from this project and then in the future need four strands together, it would be easy enough to use two together. I think splitting it each time would drive me up the wall. 😁
I will use a permanent marker but I am afraid number clear by dint of using it.
Not quite sure what you mean, but yes, use a permanent marker or the numbers will wipe off too easily when you handle the bobbins. 😊
@@peacockandfig I have a permanent marker. But it clear on plastic DMC card with water. I think there is different type of markers, and we have to be carrefully because it could erase DMC number.
yeah it's not permanent if it can be erased with water, Sharpies are usually pretty good at staying on plastic for a long time (it can eventually rub off though, so you'd need to touch it up at some point depending on how often you're handling certain bobbins). 😊
@@peacockandfig ok thanks :)
How long is each sken of floss? Oh, and I love your videos.
Haha thanks Nicole! Each skein of DMC embroidery floss is 8 metres, or 8.7 yards. But each skein has 6 strands, so it's 48 metres total length per skein. It works out to around 314 inches of floss (total length) per skein of one strand. 🙂
Peacock & Fig Thank you so much.
You're welcome! 🙂
Can you put more then one skein on the bobbin or just one?
Hi Gabby! You can try, but there isn't really space on the bobbin. It'll be super fat, they're only designed to hold one skein. I always just bobbinate one colour, and if I have more floss then I just put it into a separate box until I need it. :)
I put my floss on a coffee cup and it holds it while I wind it.
Haha that's a good idea Katie! I don't know if that would work with my fav coffee cup, it's more of a bowl with a handle I got in Paris. Love my mug bowl, it's massive. :D
+Peacock & Fig no no coffee or drinks around the stitchy stuff ..it my beloved Winnie the Pooh Mug, the floss just lays right on top of the handle and around the mug and, no tangles or knots to deal with, oh god and not from the floor.
Katie D Nice! I'm "lucky" in that I don't work on gigantic projects that have a gagillion colours, so I rarely ever have to wind more than one or two bobbins at a time. :) I love your tip though, great idea. :)
+Peacock & Fig oh no, I dont have any gigantic projects going either, I am just putting my main DMC floss stash together. Im mainly working on kits I bought long ago.
+Katie D Thank you love your videos btw.
Be careful when buying a lot of floss on bobbins fr EBay. Sometimes the cards are old and the floss is old and sometimes breaks easily fr being on the bobbins so long.
Yeah I personally would never buy anything but new floss, and never from sites like eBay. You never know what you're getting unless you shop from legitimate stores, there are a lot of fake products out there and people all too happy to scam you out of your money. Or the floss smells of smoke, or like you said is way too old (or the dye lots are so outdated they don't match anything). ❤️
I just thought I had better warn people that the plastic floss bobbins break down with age, and just disintegrate, much to my horror, when I discovered this after a long break from stitching whilst caring for a very sick husband. I started stitching again after his death 12 months ago, and found that half my bobbins were just falling apart. The cardboard ones are just fine, though, some of which have been on the bobbins for 30 years or more.
That's good to know Christine. 🙂 I've got some cardboard bobbins and I can't stand them, I find after using them once or twice (as I put my bobbins on a binder ring for projects), they're all bent out of shape and starting to collapse.
I really wish DMC would sell floss in balls like the crochet thread! It really puts me off using it and only do so when forced by a special design that needs it. I do mostly Hardanger so floss is not always needed.
They do sell it in cones, but it's usually only available for wholesale accounts. The crochet thread is only one strand, embroidery floss is six strands, so it's possible if they sold it as a single strand in a ball, it'd be the same length as one skein of floss. 🙂
Too long of intro, sorry just my opinion
That's fine, the point was to give you as much information as I had. And there's nothing I can do about it now anyway, this tutorial is years old. 😊
Takes too long
Haha organizing your threads takes too long? Not when you're looking for a particular colour, or have hundreds of different colours. It saves time (and your sanity) later. 🙂
you are breathing really hard, please breath quietly, (no hate)
Bahahaha seriously??? 😂 😂 😂 What a bizarre comment, especially as there's zero I can do about it years later (and all my older videos are filmed the exact same way, so I think you might just be hearing things or something, out of 3 million views you're the only person to say something like that...)
i’m not trying to be rude ‘😅😂
great video! thanks
You're welcome! 🙂