In a tangle

Some kits come with pre-cut lengths of thread to work with, tied up conveniently to card and labelled with their name or colour number.  Others do not and I very often find myself in a tangle. 

All of my DMC threads are painstakingly neatly wrapped by hand onto a card bobbin and filed in numerical order, as seen in an earlier post.

Normally my hardanger threads arrive and remain on their spools but any that aren't, end up being wound on bobbins as seen here to prevent the headache of such a tangle.

It took around 5 hours and the assistance of my husband to finally tame the tangle but it was worth it.

Wind the bobbin up....

I was recently gifted a beautiful selection of threads for my hardanger. 

Each of the DMC and Anchor pearl threads now has a home in this handy storage container along with the threads I started with.

A gorgeous wooden box was also gifted which contained a selection of Caron and Needlepoint threads.  I have spent the last couple of weeks winding my own Caron threads onto bobbins to join them.  

I've also reorganised my box of freebie cover kits and given most of them away.  All that is left to sort is the two cabinets and an old tea chest...

The Gift of Stitching

My lovely husband bought me the new threads from DMC for Christmas. 

35 new shades.

I find it quite therapeutic to wind each skein of thread onto a bobbin. 

All ready to add to the other DMC colours I have collected over the past oooh almost 30 years!  I have all the main colours and Special Effects skeins, most of the variegated threads a handful of the silks.  Not that I'm addicted you understand.  There are worse vices!