I dont have a camera or know how to post pictures but when my daughter comes I will see if she can post pictures of my lamps. I also got some old wooden spools with silk thread on them when I bought an antique thread cabinet. One of the pluses was the old thread in the drawers. I just love them.

I had my husband make me shelves, using my wooden spools
The first one I use in the bathroom for towel & washclothes, The other one we left the thread on them, the shelves are only
3 inches deep, so I use it to hold my thread, in my sewing room
It is really neat!

I use the wooden spools for kumihimo. They are weighty enough to make the cords hang well. I weave them through an old circular stool that has a hole drilled through the middle.

I inherited some from my great-aunt. i made a lamp from a large canning jar that was my Grandmother's. My DH bought a lamp kit from Lowes and I filled the jar with spools, some with thread and the empty ones I wrapped scraps of fabric around. Threw some old buttons in there too. For the shade, i wrapped fabric strips vertically. It turned out really cute and if I want to change the color scheme, I just replace the fabric. I posted a picture on another thread, "What do you do with empty thread spools" page 3- if you want to see it.

I, too love wooden spools. Over 40 years ago, my grandmother
made Christmas ornaments with them. I think we saw a pattern
in McCalls needlework or some other magazine. She made toy
soldiers, angels, and clowns. I have continued to keep the
spools that I have....many empty, some slightly used, and
many full spools. Lots of them are large spools that we used
in our dress stores. I have no plans for them, but I enjoy
having them in case I want to make more ornaments.

Rose

I threw a bunch away but if I come across anymore I will holler.

What is kumihimo?

I am not sure, but I may have some smaller ones in my thread box. PM me with your addy and I'll send them as soon as I can if there are any in there

I don't know what I would do with many wooden spools today, but when I was a small child, I remember my mother and grandmother would give them to me to string on a shoe string or a ribbon to make necklaces. Great fun then, sweet memories, now.

After your DH does them on the lathe, so they hold more thread, HOW do you then wind thread onto them???