I try to store leftovers on bibbins with the the original spool and same with leftovers rewound in bundels on the earlier mentioned embroiders bobbins. But may time I forget and put all on a pile for other decorative purposes.
The last few years I'm mainly doing Flanders and white Milanese and use the same thread for both. Sometimes I have to resize the Milanese pattern for that purpose. So I wind a half set of bobbins with as much thread as I the bobbin can comfortably hold. That reduces the loss by almost 50%. It also reduces the boring winding task. For the "mother" bobbins I use a fast winder, hardly worth the trouble for short pieces, then I use the string method. Like spinning on a wheel versus spindle: the first faster by the hour, the other faster by the week. For Flanders I'm trying to learn neadle weaving. You start and end with plaited fringes, and work a repeat or so double, more in case of strating problems. After the weaving the remainders are cut of: two half repeats + one fringe each. The lost thread is really just a few cm. I heard of someone who processed these remaining pieces into postcards, but don't know the details. Jo Faklink - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
