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Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:42:54 -0600
From: "Chris Vail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Chris,
I find your idea of splitting the embroidery floss very interesting. I might
become a challange and I will try working it your way. Not right now but
some day.
Thanks,
Miriam
in cold and rainy Arad
Get an empty toilet paper tube, or similar, a small pocket hair comb and a
rubber band.IF you look carefully at the floss you'll see how the strands
are wound around each other (you can see it more easily sometimes if you
look an inch or so away from the loose end.) If you untwist lightly, the
strands should lie flat next to each other. As best you can, tape each
end
seperately to the paper tube in the order they lie. It's not crucial, but
helps the seperatign process go more smoothly. now put the comb so each
strand passes each through its own set of teeth, as wide apart as you have
them taped on the roll, and put the rubber band across the comb to keep
the
strands in.
That's the tough part. Now unwind some yard or two of floss, use a twist
tie or something to fasten teh remainder of the skein temporarily
together,
and stick a bead or some other light weight on the twist tie - trust me,
it
helps keep things runnign smoothly. Now just wind the strands onto your
paper tube. The comb auto seperates the strands, the wieght on the skein
provides a little tension to keep it things from tangling as you go and to
encourage the floss to unspin. I generally hold the comb in one hand as I
wind with the other, but you could probably fix the comb to something, so
long as the thread can run freely through it. When the skein gets near
the
comb, lay the tube down gently so it doesn't roll away, let out more
floss,
and repeat.
I confess, I generally do this with silk floss, so I'm not 100% sure how
it
works on cotton any more - I haven't needed cotton in a while. The silk
has
four strands, so I don't even bother with the comb, I just run the strands
through my fingers to seperate them, and use the weight of the cardboard
the
floss comes on to help the unspinning. Some day I'll get around to taking
pictures while I do this; it's much easier to do than to explain. It
really
isn't that difficult, I promise, and it's easy to put down if you need to.
And once you get it down, you spend less time unwinding and more time
lacing!
Chris :)
Sunny in northern Illinois
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