Handy Thread Spool Know How

Does this happen to you...you are done with a spool of thread, quickly wrap the end of the spool and by the time you put it away, it's begun to unwind.  Then you have all of those long threads dangling down. It looks messy and it's easily tangled.

Did you know that a lot of threads come with ends that can be used to hold those loose ends? Madeira and the fabulous Libby Lehman's Bottomline are two examples.

 With the Madeira, the end lifts up with room to insert the thread:

In the case of the Bottomline, one of the ends will actually come off:

Neat and tidy with no loose ends. Now when you throw those spools into your bag to take to class, there won't be a thread nest to deal with. Woo hoo!