not OT, question for those who are multi-crafters

LOL - I have a stash of them. In the little sewing side table that was DH's mothers. Full of old thread. The same sweet little 100 year old, 2 drawer tabale, in pristine condition that one of the idiots that worked for the drywall sub put a huge bucket of drywall compound on and ruined the top of. Which the builder now has to pay for refinishing - once I get a quote, and of course the loss in value. But, it is full of old thread on wooden spools, and some old sewing tools - but nothing really cool, interesting old.

Ellice

I had forgotten all about them!! I remember making them, but don't think they ever had a practical use, other than maybe, as coasters.

Gillian

You would like to do what? Make hats and/or pom poms or have a baby?

;^)

ellice ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

I have a wooden embroidery cabinet which I managed to fill the thread areas with wooden Coates spools. Some other little tools and such that I picked up in junk shops - still a good find over here as most shops do not know what they are for - so look in the kitchen implements more often than not !

Make the pom-poms, no more babies for me. I just hope to see grand children.

Y'know - you're going to have to let them date or some such thing to get the grandchildren ...

This just made me think of my DB saying at age 7 "I'll do it if I have to, but I'm not gonna like it" - when discussing wanting babies and how they came about.

R,d, & h,

ellice

Cheryl Isaak ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

Don't think along the lines of hope, you will. My aunt who was 52 when she had her first baby, no fertility drugs, she had an ovarian cyst removed just prior to the conception and we always joked that she then had room for a sprog, at 90 is totally enjoying her 6 year old twin grandchildren.

But not until they are old enough! sorry, too many babies being born to teenagers....

I remember feeling that way about it! C

I don't think I ever finished one so I never had the chance to discover their ultimate purpose. I much preferred drinking the milk - except in the summer when it was warm and yucky, much better in winter providing it had not frozen solid.

They issued those small bottles at school, I remember. They were good if you put a Polo in your mouth while you drank the milk; peppermint milk tasted pretty cool to a kid!

Gillian

I agree about knitting - I can do it on the subway for instance. I seem to knit at night and cross stitch during the day on some weekends. I need the increased light! I don't know where the beading fits in..

Alison

Just stick 'em in the oven Cheryl. Besides being single, I'm a lazy cook. Everything I eat during the week is pre-portioned, either by me or purchased that way. So I stick everything on one tray to save dishes, heat it up, and I'm fixed for supper within 30 minutes. Dora

I do handcrafts as a career, along with raising a family and working a farm.

I keep a rather busy schedule. In order to keep from burning out on a given type of craft, I rotate on a schedule. I have a posted list of the order I do my crafts. I complete an entire bolt of cloth, usually about 12 yards yielding three to four garments, 12+ cloth bags or scarves and a pile of quilting squares. Completeing a bolt includes any embroidery/ painting, trim work or fasteners. Starting with garments and ending with cutting the smaller remnants into 4x4in squares. Squares are stored for later use in quilts, I make 9 square quilts on the sewing machine.

Once the bolt of cloth is completed, then I move to the next project. Usually this is crochet. Again, I work with a given set of yarns until all the yarn is used. I start with making afghans, ponchos or shawls. Remainer yarn becomes part of some 'granny squares', coasters, soap covers, book marks or yarn dolls. Next bolt of fabric, repeat above.

Candle making comes next. Deside type of candles and make until wax is used. I keep some old jelly jars/ pretty clear vases/ used candle bowls to pour the last of the wax. This results in some layered jar candles to give as gifts. Next bolt of fabric, repeat process.

Jewelry making comes next. Pick main stones to use. Work what design needed until main stone supply is used completely. If some stones are left unused these go in with other odd bits. When the odd bits drawer is full, the odd bits become a necklace. Next bolt of fabric.

This category rotates. It may be leather work, weaving, spinning, wreath making or something else. Depends upon what supplies are available and time of year. Then, of course, next bolt of fabric. ;^)

Embordery and crochet are my 'carry about' projects done while waiting on the school bus, sitting in the doctor's office, or when ever I must be away from home and sitting for a length of time.

LOL, I have. Just cleaned out old thread storage, used the wood spools first. I used the thread from the spools for bobbin fill. I use the large cones of thread for sewing, now. Saved the wood spools for later crafts. Then I went to the new 'Hobby Lobby' where I found bags of wooden spools for sale for crafts. ;^)

I use wooden spools to make little tea garden sets. A large spool for the table, smaller spools for seats. Poly clay to make tea set, tea drinkers, flowers. Glue the whole thing together, allow to set, find a bell jar or vase that can be used as a bell jar to enclose finished set. The bell jar prevents dust problems on the small details, also makes it harder to damage the set.

We had a toy made from a two hole button with a loop of cord or yarn run through the holes. It was held between two hands, the button twisted up in the yarn and the goal was to see how long you could keep the button spinning and rewinding. Is this a bobble?

Am I the only one who every had a 'Little Red Spinning Wheel'? It was a popular toy for little girls in the 1960s in the Midwest of the USA. The toy came with a variety of different diameter and post count knitting spools. Most of us with this toy soon gave up the spinning wheel portion of the toy and just used the spools. Now I have some larger knitting hoops that are big enough to make hats, purses, enfant sweaters and scarves.

I think you mean that they were covered with a sort of blanket stitch with the " knotting" on the outer edge. These were then joined together to make teapot stands and table mats Shirley

Nope. I had one too.

Hey, I think I very vaguely remember that - maybe my cousins who are older had one. Very vaguely. I remember using the spool knitter - and just making potholders from the cord. But, that's about it.

Ellice