Originally Posted by
Jeanette Frantz
Mavita, the wooden spools I have for my National Two Spool (which is a treadle) are much deeper than a regular spool of thread. I've never checked out how many yards of thread the spools (2 or 3) that I have will hold. In this particular instance, I don't really care -- this machine is an "heirloom" machine as far as I am concerned because it was owned by my husband's great-grandmother. It's quite old (although I really don't know how old) and it will eventually belong to my son. It's "on loan" to me right now! LOL!
Jeanette
Years ago - many years ago, all thread spools held much more thread. I have some large spools that hold 1000 yards. These old spools were not made special for the Two Spool. You could just buy a new spool and pop it into the can. I also have a spool winder on mine so I can wind it with whatever I want. The manual shows how to wind yarn on the spool and sew from the underside so the pattern comes out on top.