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
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