Also, for thread nets you can go to your local florist and ask for their discarded bloom nets. Most all their flowers come with these nets over them and they just throw them away. I got tons of them from my local grocery store as it had a florist shop inside. They're also long enough that you can cut them in half for your embroidery thread spools. They last longer than the ones made for this purpose as they are some sort of plastic and the ready made ones are thread made.