The other day on one of the quiliting shows, I saw a gal slip a net thingy thru the center of a spool of thread and then back up and around the spool to keep the thread from falling off. (clear as mud??)

It's a net kind of like a veggie might be covered in in the produce department.

I need something like that for my invisible polyester thead. It always falls off the back of the spool and hangs up on the thread spindle.

I know it ought to be easy to find a lot of places, but right now I'm not coming up with where.

Know where to find some?

I surfed and found this video as you can make your own

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-qAO2ALyEM

They're called thread socks. Dritz and W.H. Collins makes it. You get a 20" length and cut to fit your thread spools. It really helps to keep the top thread flowing smoothly. :thumbup:

That's a neat idea, Craftybear!

Thank heavens! You understood what I was looking for. At least I know the name, now. THREAD NETS or THREAD SOCKS. I don't wear panty hose so I might just look for some at Joanns.

Thanks again!

If your local grocery store carries fresh flowers, they will give them to you free. Just ask them. If not pm me. I have a few.

I just googled thread nets and came up with these:

http://www.sewthankful.com/ThreadNets.html

http://www.nancysnotions.com/product...+value+pack.do

http://abc-machine-embroidery.com/%2...Nets-C230.aspx

and Jo-Anns
http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/p...ODID=xprd90058

PM me, I sell tons of them...very inexpensive too!

Thanks, I'll ask!

Sounds like deal. Keeps me from running around a store looking for where they might be stashed.

How much?? And how many? The money will be in the mail as soon as I get your info!

I buy them where you in a long strip from Brewer and cut them to size. But that is a great hint to pull it from the middle. It would be more secure!

If you go ask a florist, they will give them to you for free. (at least here they do!)

I found some at Joann's but haven't seen it since...It's great...

what are they 'called' at the florist? thanks,

bloom nets

if you google thread sock, there is a place called the thread exchange that sells thread sock for $1.99 a yard. works great on cones and large spools of thread. for the smaller spools, I run a seam at mid point and cut the excess off. Then fray check it.
www.thethreadexchange.com

I have a few but only was using them to keep large spools of thread from unraveling when not in use, didn't know that they could also be used to keep thread feeding nicely when sewing = you learn something new everyday.

I got some from the grocery florist. They saved them for me and had so many they threw them away. The next week, they had a whole bunch more. FREE

The reason I don't use my invisible thread more often is because the blasted stuff slides off then wrong end of the spool and wraps around the spindle. Thread socks are the ideal solution! And my hubby thinks the TV is the great wasteland!

if you go to your local florist and ask them to save you the nets that cover their roses, they usually will and these will work nicely.

I am so glad someone asked about the "net" that came with my machine, which I had absolutely no idea how to use. Thanks. ;)

I use the pony tail hair bands to keep the thread from unwinding.

i have never heard of such a thing, but now that i have, i will be trying to make some, or buy some....thanks for the 'thread' on thread...(LOL)......gina

I too got hundreds of them from our local florist. shared them with gals in out quilting group. finally had to tell the florist to stop saving them as we all had enoug to last for years. she was glad to recycle as they just got thrown away.

Your local flower shops get a type of these that are perfect for all your threads. I used to get them regularly. The florist told me they came in on the flower buds to keep them protected in shipping. I never had to pay for these as the florist was happy to recycle.

My LQS gives away the stretchy netting that you find on fresh flowers. A local florist gives them to the shop. They can be used for spools of thread, wrapping paper, etc. PM me your address. Joyce

Thread socks! I bought mine at the LQS and I love them!

I got 2 different styles from sellers on ebay. If I remember right, it was 9.99 for appx 50 ft for one and the other was sold in 6"lengths. Can't remember the cost. I came across them when I keyed in 'machine embroidery thread'. You could try 'thread nets'.

the stocking on the spool idea is as old as the hills--widely used in commercial applications...you can make your own easily!! any old stocking will do--it's all in the drape!

I got some on ebay, great price. just put in thread nets.

Drat I just threw away some that were on the flowers I received at Mother's Day. I thought for a while and couldn't come up with what they could be used for.

I use those little ponytail rubber bands. The cloth covered ones.

If you know a florist, they might give you some to use. They come on the flowers they get. A friend in our tatting group, got some from her friend who is a florist and gave us several to use on our tatting thread balls.

They usually come with the machine. In any case, you could get them from the same place that you bought your serger. it is called "flunking" when the thread falls down below the reel and the nylon net prevents it from flunking.

the next time you try on shoes, keep the nylon sock the store usually supplies, punch a hole in the bottom and insert your thread and put on the spool.

FYI, the bottom link to JoAnns is for a product meant for balls of yarn that is much bigger. Wouldn't want anyone to waste the postage and order.

Just ordered from Nancy's Notions - Value Pack of 40 nets for $5.00 plus they were kind enough to waive the $5.00 shipping due to the light weight. That is the best deal I have ever seen for these!

try ebay.....I just bought some on ebay.ca

You can get for 15 cents a foot from Joann's Fabric store just ask the Viking dealer

Hi, You can get those thread nets at a florest supply store. Florest use them on flowers to protect the flowers during shipping.