Do you know what they are called.
 

I don't know what they are called, but I am looking for a netting cover to help control
the thread when it comes off the spool.
Thank you
Mary L Booth

Thread nets:

These are the smaller ones (I think) for spools here:
http://www.the-quilt-rack.com/browse...rs/4,3565.html

These are for cones:
http://www.nancysnotions.com/product...+value+pack.do

(Or maybe they just stretch a lot - I've only used mine on spools.)

They're available all over, made by a different companies.
I've seen them in chain stores as well.

I knw someone who uses the cloth tubes (can't remember what they are called) that you can get as a medical supply. She cuts them to the size she needs and because they stretch they fit over the spools nicely. She says it is much less expensive and she thinks it works better.

Go to your local flower shop and pick some up for free. Several different types of flowers come with nets over them and they just throw them away.

I went into our floral shops & they'd never seen or heard of flowers coming in like that.

Also called thread socks. I've found that Superior Threads has a good price for them.

Unbelievable Floral shops that don't know what these are. I find it hard to believe they have never have run into flower nets

I've had cut flowers that came with thread nets on them (years ago; don't get many cut flowers these days!). Seems to me they are used on the more unusual (expensive?) exotic flowers to hold them together against damage until they get home. I'm not a flower geek, so I find it surprising a flower shop would have never seen them.

I believe thimblebug had never seen one in lobby area. Anyway I had never heard of thread socks until today. Do they interfere with speed of spool unwinding? Do you have to adjust tensions?

Once years ago I had nylon thread that kept slipping off the spool.

I used a condom with the end cut off. It worked like a charm.

LOL!! You have me practically rolling on the floor laughing!

LOL! I just spit my coffee all over the place! Sure wasn't expecting that. :D

Thread nets are used on cone thread. Here's a link to a picture, although the netting is more traditional sold in small pieces:
http://www.amazon.com/Threadsrus-Thr...dp/B001U5A0Y0/

Thread coming off a cone should be fed up (not from the side). Thread nets prevent thread from pooling down below the spool end and keep the thread feeding up smoothly.

Thank you all for the help
Mary L Booth

I use thread nets on rolls of wrapping paper also. Mine also stretch to hold the batting/interfacing/what-have-you on bolts from the fabric store too.

piney

What a great idea! I'm going to get some for wrapping paper!

There are a many kinds. The only one that might be inexpensive is plain stockinette. We use it for lining casts etc.. There some really nice stuff called Surgifix we used on the burn unit. It is like the netting only instead of being hard plastic it's soft like a cotton/spandex blend.

LOL...good thing I wasn't drinking my diet coke! Hmmm, just have to ask...are they in fluorescent colors and other specialities!! Waaahhhhhhhhhh! Since I am a single Senior Citizen, I can just see my sisters and DDIL's faces when they looked into my sewing notions "stash"!! HeHe

Made me laugh so much.
Annie

Actually this dunce here always thought that the mesh covers were used to STORE the thread to keep it from causing loose thread webs all over the place. My face is red!

Still chuckling from the use of condoms.:D

LOL! I just wiped up coffee from the front of my shirt, what a hoot:D

Got to show DH this thread. Anyhoo, I use knee high nylons that I cut off; used or new. Of course the used ones have been washed . Don't want stinky feet smell on the thread

LOL, now that's what I call Safe Sewing

In a pinch, or if you are a long way from a place to buy thread nets, just take a nylon stocking and cut a hunk out and sort of measure how large you want it to be and cut off what you want and sew it to fit your spool of thread. It doesn't need to be really tight, just enough to control the thread as it comes off the spool. It works and is FREE!

I bought some years ago, and they were called thread bras. Creates an interesting mental image, doesn't it?

As often as I use different threads, I simply went to the dollar store and purchased a bag of the little hair elastic thingys....they come in different colors and there are so many of them, for $1.00.. if you loose em it's no big deal...just slip one over the spool it holds the thread in place till you use it again, I also use them on bobbins as well...

For the thread cones I use knee-highs that I have cut the toe out of.

That florist must not have understood what you are talking about because my shop use to get at least 5 types of flowers that had the netting on them. I recently ordered a BQ from a local shop and when I picked it up these nets were all over the floor along with lots of stems and foliage. They had just gotten a flower delivery and were cleaning and conditioning the new stems. Could you call another shop?

Take a $.95 shower scrubby apart. It's about a yard and a half of net in a tube. Cut off however much you need. This works for the large cones.

If you have a florist in your town, their single flowers usually are shipped with netting over them. Even the florist shops at the grocery stores have them. I've asked them to save them for me so I haven't had to purchase any for years. The nettings are fairly long so for your embroidery threads, you can cut them in half.

Suz in Iowa

If you use one of the gadjets made to hold a cone of thread, that pulls the threas upward and through a loop, then into your machine, it will solve any problems of the thread not feeding properly.

Me too. I am 65 and never heard of these before. Have I sheltered myself from all these great things?

I am glad my tip has given lots of giggles.

I did have some explaining when a friend came over when my machines was set up and I was using the condom threat net.

I do appreciate all the tips on other things to use. No more condoms in this house. But there is a florist a block from where I work, so I will ask about flower nets.

Dear Tothill, you have given alot of us a good laugh, I have tears running down my face from reading all the comments. Thank you and I will be laughing for days when I think of it. Makes me think of the joke about the old lady. Her minister came to call and when she went for coffee, he saw a bowl of oil with a condom in foil floating in it. He asked what she had that sitting on her panio for and she said she found it in the park. It said to use to preven disease and lubricate it. So she put it in a bowl and it had floated there all winter and she hadn't been sick once.

You're not alone - that's what I thought they were for too! In fact I'm sure I saw them advertised for this on a website.

Originally Posted by GailG - Actually this dunce here always thought that the mesh covers were used to STORE the thread to keep it from causing loose thread webs all over the place.
GailG, you are not a dunce and nether are you, knitette. Thread nets are used for two main purposes - to avoid thread looping while you are embroidering, AND to stop thread from unwinding when it's not being used. In both cases, thread nets solve the problem easily and effectively.

Walmart's in NY have cut mums with flower nets on and are only $5 - you would get several and also get to enjoy the flowers too!<style id="_clearly_component__css" type="text/css">#next_pages_container { width: 5px; hight: 5px; position: absolute; top: -100px; left: -100px; z-index: 2147483647 !important; } </style>

Condoms!?!?!?!? Maybe that explains all the condom 'failures' ... lol

I am so glad I clicked on this thread - it has certainly been entertaining.